UPDATE: Antigone has been found safe. Thank you everyone for your help.

UPDATE: Antigone is still missing. It's been 12 days. Her parents are now offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to her. Please feel free to post any of this information on your own website with a link to her picture. The more people that see her picture, the better chance we have of finding her. Please help get the word out. She could be anywhere in the USA by now. Thank you.

Today, I have a big favor to ask of all of you.

One of my jobs is tutoring a local family--three boys and a girl. I've worked for them three days a week for almost three years.

I found out this afternoon, that the girl is missing. She went to school several days ago, and never came home.

She is 16 and was last seen in Bedford, NY about a week ago. Another boy from her school is missing as well (the theory is that they ran away together, but this seems very unlike her.) They have no car, clothing, money, etc.

Just take a minute and look at this picture and keep an eye out for her, please. Especially if you're in the New York area, but she could be anywhere. She speaks fluent English and Albanian.

You guys are always the best, most brilliant readers ever, so who knows? Maybe you'll help. And please do your best to get the word out. Maybe we'll make this like an Amber Alert for blogs or something.

Thank you.