MISSOURI CITY – Editor’s note: KPRC 2 is no longer identifying the child involved due to the nature of the victim possibly being human trafficked.
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A Missouri City family was desperately searching for a missing 12-year-old who hasn’t been seen for five days.
The girl was last seen outside her home on Waterchase Drive getting into a mysterious truck in the middle of the night between Thursday and Friday. The exact time is unclear.
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“I feel like she’s been kidnapped because it’s day five and I haven’t heard anything,” her mother Shannon Williams told KPRC 2.
The last time Williams saw her daughter was before bed on Thursday, but when she woke up on Friday, Hughes was gone.
She was last seen wearing a white crop top and pink joggers, according to a missing juvenile flyer. She left with only those clothes and a tablet, Williams said.
“I haven’t ate anything. I haven’t been to sleep. Everybody’s been pacing back and forth because this is not like her,” she said.
Hughes is known to have a beautiful personality and bright spirit, she said. On Thursday night, she made fries with her own seasoning and danced in the living room before stepping out for a walk around 10:30 p.m., her mother said.
Neighbors told KPRC 2 their cameras captured a dark truck pull up in front of her house a couple hours later, before what appears to be the young girl gets in the backseat. The truck then turns around at the end of a cul-de-sac and turns onto Steeple Chase Road.
Williams said she didn’t recognize the truck and her daughter didn’t have access to rideshare apps.
“Anything could have happened, even though we’re going to pray for the best,” Williams said.
The missing juvenile poster is the only public release from law enforcement so far on Hughes’ disappearance. Her family doesn’t understand why an AMBER Alert wasn’t issued.
“I am past worry ... I feel like nothing is being done fast enough,” Williams said. “I just want my baby home.”
Williams said she wasn’t sure if Hughes was communicating with anyone online but that’s an aspect of her disappearance they are still trying to figure out.