Sophie Elizabeth Reeder

• Missing Since 05/19/2017
• Missing From Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Biracial, Black, White
• Date of Birth 02/19/2002 (24)
• Age 15 years old
• Height and Weight 5'1, 110 - 120 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A black minidress, a leopard-print fur coat, Converse sneakers and light-colored headphones. Carrying a backpack or a large purse. A photo of Sophie on the night of her disappearance is posted with this case summary.
• Medical Conditions Although Sophie had not been officially diagnosed prior to her disappearance, her family believes she suffers from anxiety and depression.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Biracial (Black/White) female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Sophie's hair was shoulder-length and curly at the time of her disappearance. Her ears are pierced, but she wasn't wearing earrings at the time of her disappearance.

Details of Disappearance

Sophie was last seen in Fort Lauderdale, Florida late on May 19, 2017. Surveillance video showed her walking alone down Davie Boulevard near the Brightline tracks, heading eastbound past a business between the 100 and 400 blocks of west Davie Boulevard. She left all her belongings behind, including $300 cash in a bag near her bed, and also left a candle burning in her bedroom. She has never been heard from again.

Prior to her disappearance, Sophie frequented the area of Stranahan High School, which she had attended for a short period. She used the bus to get around. Her parents were divorced and she lived with her father, who had been granted full custody in 2015.

She had been experiencing mood swings and, at her father's request, saw a therapist weekly to deal with her emotions, but she stopped going to therapy after a year. Her father stated she started fires and cut herself, and when she started high school she began skipping classes and spending time with friends her father didn't approve of. She had transferred to an online school in January 2017 and took classes online with her computer. A psychiatrist prescribed medication for her, but it made her drowsy and she stopped taking it.

She often called Leonard "Jay" Jennings, a man who lived in the neighborhood, and she often went to his apartment to buy marijuana. She visited his apartment on the night of her disappearance, before returning home. Her phone records indicate she called Jennings at 3:07 a.m. on May 20, hours after leaving her home, and was at his home until 9:13 a.m., when the phone stopped pinging.

After she went missing, alcohol, drugs and some adult-type undergarments, all believed to be Sophie's, were found in her bedroom. There was also a calendar with the day's date, May 19, marked.

She had run away once before, but only for a day, and investigators don't believe her disappearance was voluntary. She has two cellular phones, but neither of them have been active since her disappearance. The last phone ping was in the vicinity of Southwest 11th Court, at Jennings's apartment complex less than two miles from her house; after this, it was either turned off or the battery died.

Jennings and his two brothers, all of whom have long felony criminal histories, have been questioned in Sophie's case. All of them denied having ever known, seen or communicated with her. Police searched Jennings's apartment for evidence in Sophie's case and took away items including 25 cellular phones, three tablets and other electronic devices. He is no longer considered a suspect in Sophie's disappearance.

Evidence on Sophie's computer has lead authorities to believe she may have been the victim of an online predator such as a human trafficker; Sophie had visited websites dedicated to finding "sugar daddies", or wealthy men who pay to have relationships with young women. In her diary she wrote that she wanted to "Get 10 sugar daddies". She had told friends about how much to charge for performing different commercial sex acts, but there is no evidence she was in direct contact with anyone through a "sugar daddy" website.

Her case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.