UPDATE: Police say the victim was found safe and Hot Springs Police Dept is investigating the incident.
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The Hot Springs Police Department has issued an Arkansas AMBER Alert for Trynytee Case, age 17, who has been missing since Monday, April 18, 2022.
Trynytee is a white female, about 5 feet and 6 inches tall and weighing around 115 pounds. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen with a ponytail and wearing a blue hoodie with her work name on it – Pour Some Sugar on Me, a bakery at 502 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901. She was also wearing legging style pants and white sneakers. In an up outdate, police say the vehicle of interest is a White Nissan Versa with a Tennessee license plate: 59B D82.
The report states she left her job at the bakery at around 9:15 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022. The victim and another co-worker were walking to their vehicles parked a block away. The two females were met with an unknown white female standing near a parked vehicle. The unknown white female asked the victim if she could use her phone, saying that she was lost and her parents were staying in a condo in Hot Springs.
The unknown female changed her mind and stated to the victim that she needed to utilize the GPS coordinates and asked the victim to walk closer to the unknown female’s vehicle. During this time the friend of the victim stated that she will go and get her vehicle, parked in the city-owned parking garage.
When the friend return to pickup Trynytee, she was nowhere to be located. The friend attempted to call the victim, with no answer. The friend panicked and called the victims mother. The mother attempted numerous times to call the victim’s phone – Trynytee answers and states, “everything is fine,” but a male voice on the phone stated they are demanding $10,000 for her return or they would kill and cut up the victim. The phone went dead afterward time and no contact has been made since. The victim’s cell phone was pinged and was last seen headed south on U.S. Highway 7 south of Hot Springs.
Anyone having information should contact: Hot Springs Police Department (501) 651-7711.