Antioch police are calling the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl suspicious and have issued an ebony alert as officers search for the teen.
Morgan Crenshaw has not been seen or heard from for more than two weeks.
“You can’t sit around my sister and not feel like you’re uplifted,” sister Jaionyi Kennard said of Crenshaw. “You can’t sit around her and be sad.”
Kennard said normally she talks to her sister at least every other day.
“This is not normal for her. Not normal for her to not reach out and speak to anyone,” Kennard said.
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Antioch police are searching for missing teen Morgan Crenshaw.
Kennard said she last saw her sister on Sept. 29 when she came home to Antioch to pick up her jacket.
Crenshaw was planning to stay with her boyfriend in Oakland, but Kennard said he told them he last saw her on Oct. 3. The boyfriend also told family he tracked her phone using the 360 app, which indicated she was in a car and there was a hard brake near International Boulevard.
Kennard said her sister’s boyfriend went to the location and only found Crenshaw’s phone on the curbside.
The phone was found in front of an abandoned building, according to Kennard. Family searched the building and found wigs and women’s clothing, but no sign of Crenshaw.
“My fear is her being held against her will,” Kennard said. “That is my fear. My fear is her wanting to leave and she can’t — whether that’s because she’s getting physically harmed or whether she’s getting threatened.”
Antioch police said they have been working nonstop on the case. Police said acquaintances last saw Crenshaw on International Boulevard in Oakland and urge whoever knows what happened to come forward.
“This is a child, she doesn’t deserve any of this,” Antioch police Detective Ashley Allen said. “She needs to come home to her family. She’s got her whole life ahead of her and this is not the way it should go.”
Meanwhile, Kennard is worried and needs to know her sister is safe.
“If she ever sees this, whatever is going on, don’t stop fighting, don’t give up. We’re here,” Kennard said. “I just want her to know we’re here.”