GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Zoe Stehouwer is the type of person who will do anything for anyone, said her mother, Jill, adding the teen’s family misses her caring personality.
Stehouwer, 16, was reported missing after leaving her grandmother’s home overnight last Thursday. Jill Stehouwer said she discovered her daughter’s Facebook page indicating she was going to run away before she went missing.
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The page also showed a relationship with a man supposedly named Andrew Williams, 23, of Grand Rapids. But further investigation of this man shows apparent ties to Detroit and Texas, Jill Stehouwer said, adding his photos might not even be of him.
“I don’t know exactly what’s going on,” Jill Stehouwer said. “Even (Zoe’s) real friends at school, nobody knows this Andrew Williams.”
Days since her disappearance, there have been few leads. However, there are two people not cooperating who know Zoe Stehouwer and have attempted to put the family at ease, saying she’s safe and to stop searching, Jill Stehouwer said.
But waiting for an answer hasn’t been easy for the family.
“We are distraught,” Jill Stehouwer said. “I’ve only been able to sleep with the help of sleeping aids, and I’m interrupted in the middle of the night at best.
“Her brother, he’s out pounding the streets. We take turns waiting at home while the other one drives along aimlessly because we don’t even know where to look.”
Police describe Zoe Stehouwer as 5’4′, weighing about 140 pounds. She was last seen wearing “black shorts with white stars, a black shirt with a ripped opening in the back, and a white undershirt.” She has green eyes, black hair and an 8 to 9-inch scar, which runs from the back of her head to her neck.
Anyone with information on Zoe Stehouwer’s whereabouts are asked to contact the Grand Rapids Police Department at (616) 774-2345 or Silent Observer at (616) 774-2345.
