| Credit: Courtesy Sarah Turney
Sarah Turney had no reason not to trust her father.
She was 12 in 2001 when her 17-year-old half-sister, Alissa, suddenly vanished on the last day of her junior year at Paradise Valley High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Alissa Turney, an average student with a steady boyfriend and a part-time job at the local Jack in the Box, had fantasized about running away, so when her father, Michael Turney, assured Sarah that the spirited teen with an affinity for animals, sketching, and hard rock left on her own, she believed him especially after finding a note in Alissa s room saying she was headed to California.