Jun 23, 2007 12:09 am US/Eastern
Mom Walks The Streets, Searching For Stepha
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FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ―
The streets hold no answers for Sylvia Henry, but she walks them anyway, hoping for a clue into the disappearance of her daughter Stepha. She hands out flyers to anyone who will take them, hoping someone knows why her daughter disappeared during Hip-Hop weekend.
"I'm hoping to reach out to the community this way so that everybody will tell somebody else and the word will spread faster," Henry told
CBS4's Natalia Zea. "Instead of staying home in the house and hoping somebody will call to say they saw her."
Henry has vowed to stay in South Florida, handing out flyers, until her daughter returns home, is found, or police know what happened to her.
Henry believes someone out there knows, and she just needs to connect with that person.
"People are looking at the picture, some say I think I saw her yesterday and some say oh what a pretty girl. People are just trying to help," Henry said.
Henry was visiting South Florida with a friend, spending time with relatives and taking advantage of the activities surrounding Hip-Hop weekend. She and an acquaintance visited Peppers club in Ft. Lauderdale, and while she was seen inside the club, she dropped out of sight afterward.
The grad student hasn't contacted her family, and police don't know where she is. Her story has been featured on the news a number of times, and Friday, her family increased a reward by $5 thousand, but police admit tips have been sparse.
"Obviously this girl couldn't have just vanished into thin air," said Miami-Dade police detective Roy Rutland. "We continue to follow all the leads as we have, unfortunately we have not received as many tips as we'd like, so we hope the increase in the reward will help."
Sylvia refuses to give up hope. She believes someone will help.
"Anyone there who has a daughter or a sister think of all the emotional stress and the sadness I'm going through, and all the grief my family and I are going through right now," she said. "Please try to help us by calling."
Anyone with information on Stepha Henry can contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS
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