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Family: Georgia State University student missing after Uber ride
6:32 p.m. April 25 by Rodney Thrash / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Priester was headed from Georgia States downtown Atlanta campus to Dacula in an Uber, her family said.
The family of a missing Georgia State University student is asking for help finding her.
Jacqueline VanLoo-Al Kush has not heard from her 21-year-old daughter since she returned a missed call Friday night.
Mom, I saw you called, missing Georgia State student Monique Priester told VanLoo-Al Kush in their last conversation about 6:15 p.m. Friday. Everything OK? I was like, Yeah. Where are you?
Priester, 21, told her mother she was on the universitys downtown Atlanta campus and planning to catch an Uber back to the familys Dacula home. Shed taken one from Gwinnett County to Georgia State earlier in the day without incident. On the return trip, she said she was going to ride with other people, according to Channel 2 Action News.
It was cheaper to do a shared Uber, friend Darren Howard told the television station.
Priester never made it home and her cellphone goes straight to voicemail.
When her family contacted Uber, the car-sharing service told them they needed a subpoena to release information about the ride, according to Channel 2. In a statement, Uber officials said they were working with investigators to provide any assistance to get Priester back home as soon as possible.
Priester suffers from depression and anxiety disorder and is on medication, her mother told television station.
Though details of the missing persons report are not available, police said they have no reason to suspect foul play in the womans disappearance, Channel 2 reported.
Family and friends dont believe Priester, who only had a gray tank top, shorts, a backpack and a laptop, just left home.
That doesnt sound like Mo, said Howard, who passed out fliers Monday with photos of his friend. That doesnt make any sense.
This is so weird and scary to me. I take Uber 3-4 times a week. I hope the girl is found and safe. I hope she just wanted some time to herself and decided to escape. I don't see what could have happened. Uber uses GPS and cell towers to track location. Unless whoever took the location off. These are sad times we live in.