The family of a 14-year-old girl who vanished from her Tennessee home two weeks ago says her disappearance is like “having your soul ripped from your body.”
Savannah Leigh Pruitt was last seen in her Madisonville house on Jan. 13 and her cellphone last pinged two days later — 139 miles away in Corbin, Kentucky, and was then turned off, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives said last week.
“At this point in time, we truly need the eyes and ears of the community,” the police agency said in a statement.
The 5-foot-3 blond teen and her family had moved back to Tennessee from Georgia in December. Her parents said they’re at a loss over her disappearance.
“It’s like having your soul ripped out of your body,” dad Randall Pruitt said, according to WATE-TV. “You can’t think, you can’t eat, you can’t sleep, you can’t rest — life has just ceased for us since she left.”
Her mother, Christina Pruitt, added that the family, including Savannah’s three younger siblings, are “heartbroken.”
Facebook“I miss her. I don’t understand … none of us understand,” the distraught mom said.
The “bubbly” teen loves animals, especially horses, and her pet raccoon, her mom said.
“We love her dearly and we want her home — I love you, and come home,” the Pruitts said.
