Jacksonville Teen Believed Abducted From Plant City
UPDATED: 6:11 p.m. EDT July 9, 2003
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A local girl who should have celebrated her 14th birthday this week with family and friends is missing, and police believe she may be at risk.
Hayley Huffman was last seen in Plant City, Fla. last week, where she was visiting her grandparents. A neighbor said they saw a man drive off with Hayley inside his car as she screamed for him to stop and let her out.
Santos Jesus Garcia, 24, -- the estranged husband of someone known by the family -- was identified as the man driving that car. An FBI Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution warrant was issued for Garcia (pictured, left) on Tuesday. Officials say the alleged abductor may use the alias name Francisco Nava, Frankie Garcia, Santos Garcia Morales or Santos Morales. He may also use an alias birth date of Oct. 28, 1982.
It is believed they may be traveling to Brownsville, Texas, in a 1991 maroon Chevrolet Lumina with Florida license plate U92UYR.
Hayley's mother, Allison Huffman, said she is very worried.
"Wondering if she's been hurt, raped, killed. (The) hardest things (are) going through my mind," Huffman said.
Plant City police told Channel 4 that no Amber Alert was issued because initial information from the family indicated she might have run away. By the time thay had suspect information and a specific description of a vehicle, two days had passed and they felt activation of the system would not have helped.