Ohio teen missing - car left in a church parking lot

Really sad situation that doesn’t sound like it will have a positive outcome. According to mom’s FB, the car was found with the keys in the ignition, unlocked, windows up, and her cell phone on the seat.

There’s a lot of evil in this world. As a father, I don’t know what I would do if this was my daughter.

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Authorities in Greenfield, Ohio, are ramping up their search for 18-year-old Madison Bell. The teen was reported missing Sunday morning by her mother after she didn't show up to the tanning salon where she said she was headed, according to the Highland County Sheriff's Office.

Shortly after, Bell's cell phone was geolocated to a church parking lot where it was found inside of her abandoned car with the keys still in the ignition. The car is being treated as a crime scene, authorities said.

Witnesses told police they saw a man with a white vehicle with California plates in the parking lot earlier in the morning, Sheriff Donnie Barrera told InsideEdition.com. Someone reported a car they found nearby that matched the description, but it was cleared by authorities after they determined it belonged to an elderly couple visiting the area, Barrera said. He added that it is still a possibility that there was a different white vehicle with California plates, possibly a Nissan rental car, seen in the parking lot, although it hasn't been located yet.

Hundreds of volunteers, including a trained search and rescue team, gathered Sunday night to search for the teen, but it was paused overnight, the Scioto Valley Guardian reported. They resumed their search Monday morning.

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