CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) – A search team was formed Saturday afternoon outside the Harrison County Courthouse to search for Christa Merrill, who has been missing since late August.

Search team organizers said they had had no leads or sightings of Merrill since Aug. 27 and felt it was time to search the area for information. She was last seen wearing a hoodie and sweatpants in the Washington Avenue area of ​​Clarksburg and told her family she would return to the Fairmont the next day, but she never arrived.

A $2,500 reward is being offered for information leading to his safe return.

Christa’s mother, Susan Cherubino, pleaded with her daughter to contact someone or come home.

“I love you, I miss you, everyone loves you, everyone misses you,” Cherubino said. “We want you to come home, please come home if you can.”

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Family members said they had been looking for Merrill for weeks and it was not like him to avoid contact with them. Merrill’s family has been in contact with police trying to gather information on her whereabouts.

Christa’s brother Dylan also hopes she returns safe and sound.

“The last time we heard from Christa was August 26, and she said she would be home tomorrow and no one has heard from her or seen her since,” Dylan said . “You know, it’s just heartbreaking and we’re out on the mean streets looking for her, praying every day that we find her, that she comes home.”

The nonprofit Voices for the Silenced also joined the search for Merrill. Organizers saw the family posting on social media and offered to help with the search in Clarksburg.

Attorney Deborah Brown explained how she and the nonprofit help raise awareness about missing persons cases.

“We’re here today doing a search, handing out flyers, hanging flyers, going door to door, following the route from where she was last seen to see if there is there something we can find or if someone who saw her maybe doesn’t I don’t even know yet that she’s missing and I’m like, “Hey, yeah, I got her.” “I saw her the other day on such and such a street, you know, we just need to go out and let everyone know that she’s still missing and her family just wants her to come home.” House.

Local authorities have not commented on the investigation at this time. If you have any information on Christa Merrill or her whereabouts, you can contact the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department at 304-624-8550.

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