A New Jersey family is looking for a 14-year-old girl who’s been missing for two weeks, and now the FBI has joined the search. The teen disappeared after going to a deli in East Orange, NJ to pick up items for her family according to Pix11. JaShyah Moore hasn’t been seen since leaving for the deli on Thursday, Oct. 14. Law enforcement officials didn’t give her disappearance much attention until family and friends made “missing” signs on the Mary Murphy Mystery Facebook page.
JaShyah’s mother Jamie Moore, says her daughter went to U.S. Food Market on Central Avenue in East Orange that day at around 7:30 a.m. to purchase some juice and paper towels. She went back home and told her mother that she had lost the EBT card.
She recalled that when her daughter didn’t appear within an hour, she went out to look for her going to several delis along the way. She finally flagged down a police car before dusk and reported her daughter missing.
The police went and searched her home on the first day. Then police came back another time and removed her daughter’s video games, personal documents, and even Jamie’s phone since JaShyah did not have one.
A clerk told Pix11 that East Orange investigators took footage from the deli that shows JaShyah in the store that morning. “Somebody came in with her and paid for her,” the clerk said, where the girl bought juice and some candy. The clerk co-worker, Bassan Awaldi, said the man who paid for her was wearing a baseball hat and a mask.
“He talked with her; he pay and go,” Awaldi said.
The family found out that JaShyah also visited another deli, Poppie’s, on Central Avenue that same day. Police have gotten surveillance from that location.
East Orange City Hall posted a missing photo of the teen to its Facebook page.
“Jashyah Moore, 14, of East Orange was last seen on Oct. 14 around 10 p.m. at Poppie’s Deli Store at 520 Central Avenue. She is 5 feet, 5 inches and weighs about 135 pounds. She was last seen wearing khaki pants, a black jacket and black boots.
“East Orange police, the FBI and the New Jersey State Police are working in collaboration to help find Jashyah and bring her safely home. If you see her or know of her whereabouts, please call EOPD at 973-266-5041, 973-266-5030, or 973-266-5060.”
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