Overview
- Surveillance video shows 16-year-old Sophia Cover leaving her Golden Gate Estates home with a bag on July 31 and she has not been seen since.
- Her father found her missing after hearing the family dogs and finding her bedroom door locked, and he says her phone went to voicemail and her location-sharing app was disabled hours later.
- Family members say the bag contained clothes, a new pair of Nike sneakers and a hair straightener, details they shared publicly as they pressed for information.
- Collier County authorities have opened a multi-agency investigation, released Sophia’s description and asked anyone with information to call the sheriff’s office tip line.
- The family has organized community and online searches and made public pleas for Sophia’s safe return while investigators pursue tips and no confirmed evidence of an abduction has been released.