Desperate Search for ELLA, 14, LURED ONLINE BY PREDATOR

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

January 6, Sarah Merril contacts the Mount Vernon, Washington, Police Department, reporting her 14-year-old daughter, Ella Jones is missing. Ella Jones has not made contact with any family members or friends since. After police released information about Ella Jones disappearance, some of her friends reached out to Merril, telling her that Ella had been talking to an older man on social media.

The morning of her disappearance, the mom went to Ella's room and saw her window was open, but her phone, keys, and computer were left behind. Merrill tells KING 5 Seattle that Ella left a cryptic message sayin she loved her mother and "didn’t want to hurt us anymore." Merrill tells FOX Digital it appears Ella knew where she was going because she took some of her belongings.

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Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Sarah Merrill - Ella Jones’s mother; TikTok, FB, X: @findellajones/ IG: find_ella_jones
Kimberly Fierley - Godmother
Dale Carson - Criminal Defense Attorney (Jacksonville), Former FBI Agent, Former Police Officer, & Author: "Arrest-Proof Yourself;" Twitter/X: @DaleCarsonLaw
Caryn L. Stark – Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych/FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
Bill Garcia - Licensed Private Investigator, "Bill Garcia Investigative Services;" Facebook: Bill Garcia Investigative Services
Anna Sonoda – Child Grooming Expert, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Author: “Duck Duck Groom: Understanding How a Child Becomes a Target”
Nicole Partin - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter; Twitter/X: @nicolepartin

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:07.0	A beautiful young girl seemingly vanishes into thin air.
0:17.0	Worst fears could be true. Has she been taken? Is she with a man? She met online that apparently is much, much older than her.
0:36.0	What is a little 14 year old girl doing
0:40.8	with a much, much older man. Where is Ella? Is she still alive? Is she somewhere
0:48.0	trying to get home right now? If she is with some predator she met online, is she being
0:56.5	disallowed to call home or contact her mother who is
1:01.0	joining us right now? a warning to parents everywhere.
1:06.4	But right now, let's bring Ella home.
1:10.6	I'm Nancy Grace.
1:11.8	This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Crime
1:14.4	Stories and on Serious XM 111. First of all, take a listen to this.
1:20.0	On January 6, Sarah Merrill contacts the Mount Vernon
1:23.8	Washington Police Department and reports her 14-year-old daughter
1:27.9	Ella Jones is missing.
1:30.0	Since she left home, Ella Jones has not made contact with any family members or friends.
1:35.9	Ella Jones is five foot, five inches tall, weighs about 135 and has brown eyes and brown hair.
1:44.0	Her mother says Ella Jones has very distinctive dimples.
1:48.4	At the time she left, she was believed to be wearing a black hooded sweatshirt,
1:53.0	multi-colored plaid pajamas, and black Nike Air Force shoes.
1:57.7	Joining us right now is Ella's mother, Sarah Merrill, and I'm asking you, please take a look at Ella Celeste Jones.
2:10.2	Absolutely gorgeous, beautiful dimples, as mom points out light brown hair to me with a
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