Boy. this is a strange case.

"She went missing from her home in Athens on Sept. 10. That same day, Bearden got a $2,385 Venmo payment from her mom alongside a message that read: “They are not going to let me go, love you. There is a key to the house in the blue flower pot by the door.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news..../crime/cops-say-no-e