Nevaeh Amyah Buchanan
Nevaeh Amyah Buchanan

Missing Mich. Girl May Have Been Seen In Columbus

Tuesday,  May 26, 2009 4:28 PM

Updated: Wednesday,  May 27, 2009 9:15 AM

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 5-year-old Michigan girl who was reported missing on Sunday may have been spotted inside a store at Easton Town Center, the FBI said on Tuesday.

An Amber Alert was issued for Nevaeh Amyah Buchanan after she disappeared from a park near her home in Monroe, Mich.

The FBI said it received a tip that a girl who matched Buchanan's description was seen at Easton Town Center on Monday at about 5 p.m., 10TV's Kevin Landers reported.

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According to investigators, a customer at a store heard the girl's name and talked to the adult who called for her.

"She said (the girl's name is) heaven spelled backwards and that's sort of an unusual conversation, so it stuck in the customer's mind," said FBI special agent Harry Trombitas.

The tipster told authorities that the girl was in the company of a heavy-set female who appeared to be in her 50s.

An FBI agent returned to the store and found a clerk who remembered the same conversation, Landers reported.

"We got really two independent people who think they may have seen this little girl," Trombitas said. "They indicated that she may have been fine, but her eyes were a little red as though she had been rubbing them or crying."

The FBI said it has been unable to determine the identity of the girl, or the woman who was with her.

Jennifer Buchanan, the girl's mother, said she is praying for someone to bring her daughter home.

"I don't want anyone to give up, don't stop looking," Jennifer Buchanan said. "I'm never going to lose hope."

Naveah Buchanan is white, about 3 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 45 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a red, white and blue-striped shirt and knee-length jeans.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Columbus FBI office at 614-744-2168, or the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at 734-243-7070.

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