INKSTER, Mich. (WXYZ) \u2014 Authorities conducted a raid Thursday night at the Inkster home of the boyfriend of London Thomas, a 17-year-old girl who went missing earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Thomas was last seen on April 5 at her boyfriend\u2019s home on Carlysle Street near Inkster Road, police said. Investigators were looking for DNA evidence after receiving \u201cconcerning information they found during phone extractions,\u201d Inkster police said.<\/p>\n
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The FBI was at the scene with the Detroit and Inkster police departments. Detroit police said several locations have been searched during Thomas’ disappearance.<\/p>\n
Her family hopes the raid of the home brings answers.<\/p>\n
“I want something, so I can let my mom and my family know she’s still out here or if he harmed her, God have mercy on his soul. It’s no vendetta, no vengeance or nothing, we just want her alive and well,” Thomas’ aunt Yolanda Douglas said outside the home.<\/p>\n
While family says they aren’t surprised where the investigation has led, they’re heartbroken with how uncooperative they say the boyfriend has been.<\/p>\n
“All of these lies just to push us away from what we’re trying to do. And more and more stuff is coming out. And then you have people coming from any and everywhere that want to direct you into different directions. That’s what’s bringing my sister down,” Douglas said. “We don’t need all of that. We just need to know right here: what did you do with her? You were the last person seen with her. What’s going on and where is she at?”<\/p>\n
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Thomas\u2019 cellphone was last pinged in the area of Cooper Upper Elementary School on Ann Arbor Trail in Westland. Family and friends gathered at Hines Park in Westland on Thursday to continue the search for the teen.<\/p>\n
7 News Detroit spoke with Thomas\u2019 mother Jasma Bennet on Thursday as they were out searching. She said the disappearance is entirely out of character.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was very connected to her sisters,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t go a day without talking to each other, no matter where they were or what they did. So all of this is strange, we haven\u2019t talked to her, we haven\u2019t seen her, we know nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bennett said the man Thomas was dating is 23 years old.<\/p>\n
Related video: ‘We knew nothing.’ Family searches for 17-year-old London Thomas in Westland<\/b><\/p>\n
‘We know nothing.’ Family searches for 17-year-old London Thomas in Westland<\/p>\n
Detroit police say they are investigating the possibility of foul play and have identified two persons of interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are looking into possible foul play,\u201d said Detroit Major Crimes Commander Rebecca McKay. \u201cWe do have two persons of interest right now that we are investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch our full interview with London Thomas’ mom in the video player below:<\/b><\/p>\n
Full interview: Mom of London Thomas talks about daughter’s disappearance<\/p>\n
Thursday’s search marked the second time the family has organized efforts to find Thomas.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019ll be 18 on May 10, and that makes it even worse,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019 stepfather, Darnell Johnson, said the family is doing everything they can to stay hopeful.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this point, I\u2019m trying not to lose hope. I\u2019m trying not to lose faith,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Related Video: Search continues for missing 17-year-old London Thomas<\/b><\/p>\n
Search continues for missing 17-year-old London Thomas<\/p>\n
Bennett described her daughter as an outspoken teen with a soft heart, a love for music and hair, and a butterfly tattoo on her neck.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease, just come home,\u201d she pleaded. \u201cI don\u2019t care what reason, just come home.\u201d<\/p>\n
She asked the community for their prayers, “Please, for us and our family, please, ’cause this is all we have.”<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about London Thomas\u2019 whereabouts is asked to call 1-800-SPEAK-UP or Detroit Rewards TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INKSTER, Mich. (WXYZ) \u2014 Authorities conducted a raid Thursday night at the Inkster home of the boyfriend of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[11315,748,6492,393,4884,257,11318,16,15,11317],"class_list":{"0":"post-30501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-7-action-news","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-metro-detroit","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wxyz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114359595610188573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}