BEAVER DAM, Wis. — It’s been nearly three weeks since an Amber Alert was activated for 16-year-old Sophia Franklin from Beaver Dam.
Police believed she was with 40-year-old Gary Day. Sophia is about three months pregnant and Day is believed to be the father of the unborn child.
Sophia’s mother shared an emotional message for her daughter.
"There is nothing in the world we want more than you home," Leah Franklin said.
Leah Franklin is heartbroken because she has not heard from her daughter Sophia in weeks.
"We all miss her a lot, and it's hard to think about other things, and it has been this whole time, it's been hard to think about what we have to do next," Franklin said.
Leah described her daughter as an intelligent and talented teen.
"She's extremely bright, you know, you play a board game with her, you know you're going to lose type of thing. She's great at trumpet. She's funny and very insightful," Franklin said.
Leah said Sophia’s absence is taking a toll on her father Stephen Franklin.
"It's hard to focus at work, and you just feel like you need to do something. So he has. He's been working behind the scenes, handing out flyers and just driving around and trying to do those things that he can to help find Sophie," Franklin said.
There is now a big void in this family. Sophia is greatly missed by her six other sisters and brothers. Leah said her biggest fear is that the family will never see her again.
"We've already done holidays missing her," Franklin said.
Gary Day is facing four felony charges in Wisconsin including abduction and child enticement. Franklin has this message for Day:
"She is loved and well cared for, here. There is nothing you can offer her that we don't offer her tenfold. There's nothing. There's nothing for you in having her. It's she's our girl, and that will never change, and you had no right to take her," Franklin said.
To her bright-eyed courageous child, Franklin has these words for Sophia:
"We miss you. We love you, and it doesn't matter what you've done, girl, come home. Be with us," Franklin said.
An Amber Alert is still active for Sophia Franklin in three states: Wisconsin, Arkansas and Missouri.
Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities at 888-304-3936 or by calling 911.