Surveillance video captured a missing Florida teen walking out of her family’s home in the dead of night – before she seemingly vanished into thin air.
Sophia Cover, 16, was reported missing quickly after the puzzling footage showed her leaving the family home in Golden Gate Estates, about 40 miles south of Fort Myers, at around 12:45 a.m. on July 31 – without explanation, her dad told ABC affiliate Gulf Coast News Now.
Her father, Richard Cover, said he realized she was missing when he heard the dogs whimpering.
“So the dogs whine…I walk around, go through the pool bathroom door, and that’s unlocked. And then I walk into her bedroom, and she’s nowhere to be found,” he told the outlet.
As the search for his daughter entered its sixth day on Thursday, Cover described feeling helpless.
“She’s my buddy. I thought I wasn’t going to cry, man,” he said while growing emotional in the interview.
