Sunday Update:
LEFLORE COUNTY, OK — 21-year-old Callie Morris has been found dead in an apparent car accident in Oklahoma, according to local authorities.
Oklahoma authorities say they found the tan Tahoe belonging to missing Henderson State University nursing student Sunday morning under a Highway 63 bridge.
The LeFlore County Office of Emergency management identified the body found in the vehicle as Morris, she is the only victim of an apparent single-vehicle care accident.
Morris went missing Thursday night.
She was on her way home to McAlester, Oklahoma from Hot Springs.
We will have more details as they become available.
Original Story:
HOT SPRINGS, AR — Authorities and family members are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Henderson State University nursing student.
Callie Morris disappeared while traveling to her home in Oklahoma from Hot Springs on Thursday.
She was driving a 2004 tan Ford Explorer with an Oklahoma license plate that reads 908-HTG.
According to Henderson State University and authorities working on the case, Morris made contact with a family member around 4:30 p.m. on January 29 and indicated she was on her way home to Oklahoma.
Authorities with the Civil Air Patrol Oklahoma obtained information on Saturday afternoon using cell phone forensics that indicated Morris made her trip home from Hot Springs to west of the Oklahoma state line at 6:37 p.m. Thursday evening. Morris was scheduled to arrive at her home in McAlester, OK around 8 that evening.
They have now refocused the search back into Oklahoma.
“The members of the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Civil Air Patrol and the family and friends of Ms. Morris searched by both ground and air on Friday and Saturday,” said LeFlore County Sheriff Rob Seale “The search will continue thanks to this new information on Sunday in an area West of Big Cedar, Oklahoma.”
According to HSU officials, Morris would usually travel through Mena on the way to her home in McAlester. They said her last cell phone ping was around Whitesboro/Muse in the Talihina area around 6:30 p.m.
The university sent out a notice to students, faculty and staff Friday night information everyone of Morris’ disappearance and an update on the search.
Many students, like Lindsey Duncan, found out about Morris’ disappearance through Facebook.
“If somebody goes missing, if somebody is hurt it’s like this huge thing it just goes out and it just explodes,” Duncan, a freshman, continued. “I was just kind of worried about her. After I got to reading it, I was like ‘holy crap this is a student from my school.”
Brandon Smith said many of his friends from his hometown many miles away were sharing the news over social media also.
“All of my old high school friends are re-blogging, I mean sharing the status of what happened to her,” he said. “It has a lot of people worried that it happened to her, it may happen to someone else.”
Other students, like Josh Bradley and Cydney Cheataham said instead of worrying for their safety, they were going to remain optimistic that Morris was just somewhere safe with her phone turned off.
“If you start thinking of the worse it makes people give up hope,” said Cheataham.
HSU and students may plan a vigil Sunday afternoon to bring awareness to Morris’ case.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Callie Morris is asked to contact the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, or the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office at 918-647-2317.
LEFLORE COUNTY, OK — 21-year-old Callie Morris has been found dead in an apparent car accident in Oklahoma, according to local authorities.
Oklahoma authorities say they found the tan Tahoe belonging to missing Henderson State University nursing student Sunday morning under a Highway 63 bridge.
The LeFlore County Office of Emergency management identified the body found in the vehicle as Morris, she is the only victim of an apparent single-vehicle care accident.
Morris went missing Thursday night.
She was on her way home to McAlester, Oklahoma from Hot Springs.
We will have more details as they become available.
Original Story:
HOT SPRINGS, AR — Authorities and family members are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Henderson State University nursing student.
Callie Morris disappeared while traveling to her home in Oklahoma from Hot Springs on Thursday.
She was driving a 2004 tan Ford Explorer with an Oklahoma license plate that reads 908-HTG.
According to Henderson State University and authorities working on the case, Morris made contact with a family member around 4:30 p.m. on January 29 and indicated she was on her way home to Oklahoma.
Authorities with the Civil Air Patrol Oklahoma obtained information on Saturday afternoon using cell phone forensics that indicated Morris made her trip home from Hot Springs to west of the Oklahoma state line at 6:37 p.m. Thursday evening. Morris was scheduled to arrive at her home in McAlester, OK around 8 that evening.
They have now refocused the search back into Oklahoma.
“The members of the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Civil Air Patrol and the family and friends of Ms. Morris searched by both ground and air on Friday and Saturday,” said LeFlore County Sheriff Rob Seale “The search will continue thanks to this new information on Sunday in an area West of Big Cedar, Oklahoma.”
According to HSU officials, Morris would usually travel through Mena on the way to her home in McAlester. They said her last cell phone ping was around Whitesboro/Muse in the Talihina area around 6:30 p.m.
The university sent out a notice to students, faculty and staff Friday night information everyone of Morris’ disappearance and an update on the search.
Many students, like Lindsey Duncan, found out about Morris’ disappearance through Facebook.
“If somebody goes missing, if somebody is hurt it’s like this huge thing it just goes out and it just explodes,” Duncan, a freshman, continued. “I was just kind of worried about her. After I got to reading it, I was like ‘holy crap this is a student from my school.”
Brandon Smith said many of his friends from his hometown many miles away were sharing the news over social media also.
“All of my old high school friends are re-blogging, I mean sharing the status of what happened to her,” he said. “It has a lot of people worried that it happened to her, it may happen to someone else.”
Other students, like Josh Bradley and Cydney Cheataham said instead of worrying for their safety, they were going to remain optimistic that Morris was just somewhere safe with her phone turned off.
“If you start thinking of the worse it makes people give up hope,” said Cheataham.
HSU and students may plan a vigil Sunday afternoon to bring awareness to Morris’ case.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Callie Morris is asked to contact the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, or the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office at 918-647-2317.
