FLORIDIANS say clueless cops in St. Petersburg fumbled a missing persons investigation involving a mother and daughter who vanished five days ago, Your Content has exclusively learned.
âSt. Petersburg Police detectives handling this case have done a horrible job! As each day passes it becomes less likely they will be found,â Mark Rodrigo Grace said.
âThe community canât help if you donât ask. So far itâs been family and friends doing all the work! The community should be outraged at how this is being handled; two missing women in our city is a big deal folks!
âItâs time we call out the St. Petersburg Police for the sh*t show effort on this case. Two women missing and no press conference, no details and they canât even give us the right color of the car they were driving.â
46-year-old Angela Jolley did not go to work Thursday and her daughter Alexis, 19, had the day off, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Both of their cell phones were found inside their home. Their family told police this is unusual behavior for them.
The two were last seen on July 22 at their home on the 4600 block of 38th Avenue North in St. Petersburg at approximately 11:30 p.m.
Family members say their two dogs – a Poodle, Anu, and a Bison, Alex, are with the two.
“I worked with Alexis the night she went missing,” said Trinity Davis.
“I basically was the last person to see her as I was the one to send her home. We talked before she left and she seemed fine.
“She told me we should meet up Friday or Sunday for a coffee date … That was basically all and I told her bye and I would miss her and she left. I wish I would have never let her leave that night.”
According to a missing person’s group, the two may be in Angela’s dark blue 2018 Toyota Camry bearing Florida registration Y33-DGE. The vehicle has two stickers in the back window, one is a small round “VA” sticker and the other is a Wonder Woman sticker.
There is a small dent on back drivers side panel above wheel.
“I don’t think it’s possible that no one has any information. Somebody has to have seen something, heard something. Seen the dogs, seen the car,” Alexis’ sister Desiree Cook told Bay News 9.
Desiree also spoke to NBC 8, saying: âItâs not like her to just leave, for Alexis to just leave and not say anything to anyone.â
âShe would normally say something if she was going on a trip and post pictures on her Instagram and she was always excited about going places especially with her mom.â
Family friend Craig Horton told the local publication that he just saw them last weekend.
“Last communication we had with her was Wednesday cause she was texting my wife, cause we were supposed to keep one of the dogs while they went to Maine. They were supposed to go to Maine on Tuesday,” Horton said.
âWe were there when Lexi was born. We’ve seen her grow up. We’re just family, we did things together,” he added.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that the missing mother and daughter lived with Angela Jolleyâs stepfather.
He may have heard Angela and Alexis Jolley in the home Thursday morning, Cook said, but he did not see them.
Angela Jolley has worked at the VA Hospital for over a decade.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts are asked to contact the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780, or you can text the keyword “SPPD” and your anonymous tip to 847-411 (Tip-411.)