Wow she clearly just wants attention. You can tell by her childish and rude tweets. She should be charged for causing this mess and wasting recourses that could be looking into kids that have really been kidnapped. I hope she is found and charged.

How do they know she called the cab? And was she alone in the cab?

I pray that she is okay! Everyone spread the word and please like this facebook page and share it to your friends: http://www.facebook.com/PleaseHelpFindKara

@ Tom....this is MY cousin! You don't know her so don't pass judgement....how dare you say those things! What if it was your family member?!?! I bet you wouldn't be saying those things, would you? No one knows what happened and the media doesn't release all the facts from the investigation...there are more details that you don't know about, so therefore you don't know the while story! I sure hope this never happens to someone in your family!

^you're an ignorant troll.

Why are Cab Drivers giving under age children rides???? Isnt that a huge problem also????

Just because she left by herself, of her own free will? That doesn't mean she's not still in danger. That doesn't mean she wasn't lured to do so by a sexual predator she had contact with on the internet. :( People she be praying and hoping she's found, not threatening her with violence or arrest. If she WAS led away by some man pretending to give more shits about her than everyone else, those you making threats are just confirming this for him.

To all of you scumbags commenting on her tweets from before she went missing, please go read the teenage girls that you knows tweets; when girls are in a bad mood they tweet ignorant things. Everyday. Its not a huge deal, most of it people don't even mean its the heat of the moment. She friggen 16 years old you f-cks!! If she really ran away, you should be concerned what got her to do something like that. & if she really got kidnapped, you'll all realize how scummy you really are. Shes a teenage girl for Christ sake, & ya'll know nothing besides shes tweeted a few ignorant things. Leave her & her family alone & keep your rude comments to yourselves!! #HELPFINDKARA

Hey Slamantha.. SHLARVE IT!!

If she did this for attention I don't think she really knew this was gonna go this far.....She is probably scared to come home now since the police is really involved. Maybe she wanted to see who really cares about her and had no idea how many people will be concerned..Her parents should come out and speak to people about it because it could help find her , when u think about it what are they hiding that they wont open the door? I hope she is ok and has money for food etc... She should just come back home and she will be forgiven and would get the help she needs. I would give the girl 12 hrs to come back and she will not get into any trouble, and if she doesnt then we should really be concerned!..Hope they find her soon..

Shlarve it? If only I knew what that meant James Clarke. What are you? A grown man on the computer arguing over a desperate teenage girls cry for help? Criticizing a child because shes at a low point in her life & needed to escape? Maybe shes abused, been raped.. You don't know. & you don't know her. & you are in no place to judge a girl you don't know. You're pathetic.

This girl needs to go for help clearly she has some emotional problems that need to be taken care of

Kids do stupid things all the time. They don't have the capacity to see the whole picture. Honestly....how many of us adults, with what we know now, wish we could go back annnnnd....not bully the kid from high school. Orrrrr....egg our neighbor's car. Orrrrrrr...shoplift that cassette tape. (I know, I'm dating myself. LOL) I'm sure she does not have the capacity to realize the money, time and panic she's created. And I'm quite certain she didn't anticipate this going national or international! She obviously has some issues. Her parents need to find her and get her help....and part of that help should be fully explaining what chaos she created and have her take responsibility for it and apologize. Maybe do some community service to "give back" some of what she's taken from the community time and money wise. But she also needs some help to deal with whatever caused her to feel so trapped/unhappy that she pulled this stunt in the first place.

Maybe she needs help. Maybe she met a guy online and wanted to meet him. Who knows. Teen girls are stupid. I know I was was I was a teenager. Just stop calling her names. Seriously. What if this was your child? I am not saying what she did was right, because I think saying that someone is in their house and to call 911 is not something you do, as if the police aren't going to investigate.

She just needs help. Her parents need to get her help. Her Twitter is PROOF she needs help because something is not right. Also, teenage girls lash out when they are mad and stuff. People need to stop being ignorant. It is starting to get disgusting.

Thanks

Lets not forget an innocent boy with special needs was named as a suspect by people ....his name was put out there. His parents should consider suing her parents for slander. We all want her to come back home safely but a lot of us are pissed at the stupid action she took.

Im kind of embarassed to be from the same town as a lot of you right now. Whether a hoax or not, she hasn't been reported found yet. How did this story really grind your gears so badly, tom romney - timmy johnson - madamson. You forget that its pretty easy to trace your IP addresses and figure who you are and where you live right? Be more respectful people and simply express your disapproval rather than your obvious disgust, ignorance and lack of education.

@Slamantha... did you miss the tweet where she bitched about the fact she didn't want to move to Berkley Heights with her family and what a bitch her mom was for even asking?

Yeah, she's definantly doing this because she's "hurt, abused and raped" all the time. PFFT.

More like she was spoiled, rude, ignorant, and attention seeking. Her family is even admitting this by hiding away in their home, refusing to answer questions.

Even if she DID meet up with someone she met online, her twitter shows no evidence of a close relationship with anyone from a different city, so there is absolutly no evidence to even lead them to that.

And, honestly, wherever she went, I'm judging by the fact the police would not disclose if her phone was found, that she has it, and has continued to chose to not respond to anyone. Just adding to the infuriating stream of selfish actions by this girl.

I know people in NJ who were out all night trying to find this girl, even though they work today.....

Agreed Rin Rin!

@ Diana Evans....attention whore? Really?!?! She is my 16 y/o cousin, she's a sister, a niece, a daughter, a granddaughter!! If you can call a 16 y/o child a whore, not knowing her, I'd hate to hear the names you call your children! All of you "ADULTS" need to grow up & stop passing judgement on a young girl that you don't even know. No wonder why this world has gone to shit, it's because of selfish, conceited, judgemental assholes like yourselves! Focus on your children & not other people's kids...and maybe take a look at yourself in the mirror....what would you do if this was your family member? Would you be saying these things about them? No parent is perfect and you just reinforced that! I am asking everyone nicely....PLEASE keep your rude, ignorant, judgemental comments to yourself....it only makes you look bad! Instead, maybe you can bite your tongue & keep your comments to yourself, say a little prayer for Kara's safe return, and hug your children a little tighter when they get home from school!

"Lets not forget an innocent boy with special needs was named as a suspect by people ....his name was put out there. His parents should consider suing her parents for slander."

This statement falls short of the mark, frankly. Within the comments of the previous article there were statements and accusations made, all of them demonstrably false and all of which are legally actionable.

Should the parents of this boy see fit, all of the registration data from Patch can be subpeonaed, and both criminal charges and civil complaints can be filed.

If that should come to pass, it would stand as a reasonable lesson for those people who can't seem to restrain their comments in a public forum to those which are reasonable - and within the law.

It appears as if Slamantha knows exactly where she is... she is coming back in each post with way more information than the previous posts kind of like she's the missing girls spokes person... just saying

Imagine though ur the family and u have no idea where ur child is and strangers and cops say she is not in any danger... Not fair right? The more I read the more sorry I feel for her loved ones

Hey! I have an idea! Let's all regress and act like immature adolescents. But seriously, folks, this is exactly what's happening here.

Next time, Timmy Johnson, you can go F off. I was just asking a question, calm down doll

Well put Rin rin.

It doesn't matter if she did this for attention right now. What matters is, she needs to be found. It is very possible she's scared to go home because of all this. I would just like to know why she tweeted that someone was in her house. And I guess they found her phone smashed? I don't know, something isn't adding up. I almost wonder if someone did break into her house and tell her to go somewhere? I just hope she's ok.

1) Slamantha is a nickname, I didn't spell anything wrong- good one though. 2) I come from a childhood of bad abuse and alcoholics, we were a wealthy family & I used to be negative at 16 because of my at home life but you never would've guessed right, sometimes you just don't know. Maybe other things are going on, she wanted to escape. You know nothing about her, only that she is 16 & tweeted a few ignorant things. Rude? Yes. Deserving all that you are wishing on her? Good lord, you're are cruel. Everyone makes mistakes, ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS. You should really deserve a good kick in the butt. I hope she comes home safely.

Unfortunately this is becoming more and more common, just check past patch stories for surrounding areas and you'll see that this is not the first time of late that a teenage child has been reported missing or abducted after a suspicious text or social media post. Luckily, those all ended up ok, so she's got a good chance yet.

Slamantha...I am sure there are just as many (if not more) concerned citizens, than ignorants ones, of Clark and surrounding areas (I'm from Cranford) pulling that she gets home safely or at least makes contact with her family or the police.

Adults? please act like it. Scarey to know you people exist in this world. None of you have the right to pass judgement on 'anyone'. This girl has not affected "you" in any way what so ever. Your life goes on. She's not stopping you from anything. So move on - don't read about it. Why is it bothering you so much??? Because you all have issues of your own, where you just can't keep your mouths shut, you just "have" to chime in and act like idiots tearing someone apart. And when she reads all this negative stuff about herself and was to do harm to herself knowing the world is aware and is calling her every name in the book - YOU may just be the one to cause her more harm. And if that doesn't bother you...then YOU need to seek help as well. Let the cops handle this case not any of you. It's none of your business - what so ever any way!

I have a theory.
1.She met a guy online
2. She decided to go meet him ( that's where the cab comes into this)
3. She realised the man wasn't who she thought he was.
4. She didn't want to call police because he would hear her.
5. Using her phone she tweeted the message when he wasn't looking.
If the whole 'wtf I was joking' tweet is correct, then maybe the predator typed it in, and she later on deleted it?

How about the fact that she posted a tweet saying "wtf? Why is everyone saying I'm missing? I was jkin haha" and then deleted it right after..

Let's just hope she is Okay and all these kids learn a valuable lesson. Twitter and Social Networks are meant to share info amongst your friends etc. and if you abuse anything, it leads to trouble. Also, any abuse you post on this site and twitter or any other site can be viewed as bullying by your school or by Law enforcement.

Kara, call home and go back home. Your parents will forgive you and do not worry about what others think. Your life as well as all others is precious and embrace life and be positive and learn from your mistakes.

Attractive White Teen makes this a news story. She's gonna learn today.

Hope she turns out okay, but the comments in this thread are more interesting than her being missing, just one question @slamatha are you her? and if not why are you on the computer arguing with people and not out looking for her if your her cousin you should know some places she might go right?

ConcernedVictiim . THANK YOU.

You people act as if the internet police are going to track people down that say something that you don't like about this Kara girl. Goodness gracious. I'm referencing the whole IP tracking comment somewhere in this ridiculous jumble of pointless arguments.

Yeah, it's sad. She went missing. It's sad if she ran away, and if she was kidnapped. But one question first: are any of you people aware that people go missing every day? Of course, thought, this girl posted on Twitter so she's automatically more important that everybody else who is going unaccounted for, I forgot. Open a newspaper or turn on the news some time.

Why would anybody be concerned about this girl except for her immediate family after pulling a stunt like this? People should be aggravated. Our tax dollars went to searching for this girl for almost 12 hours. And for what. To find out she had planned this. I'm sorry but no one should feel sorry for this girl. Feel sorry for her parents who now have to put up with their daughter crying out for attention in the worst way possible. Hey. Maybe she doesn't have the perfect life. But I live in Clark, and my brother is in her grade, and from my understanding, she doesn't have it bad at all. Kids these days are just out of control. I blame the parents on this one. Maybe they should be paying more attention to their kid, and check up on her twitter and Facebook and see how she really feels.

I hope this is not the case:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/alexandra-kogut-murdered-college-student-left-ominous-tweet/story?id=17366495#.UGnnLE3A-So

The fact that some of you fools are concerned with what teenagers do, where tax dollars go, what the cops are doing, etc., is embarrassing. Ladies and gentlemen... we have a CHILD, no matter what the reason, out on her own... no matter WHAT the circumstances are!!! Everyone can have opinions and concerns..... but, most importantly is that this young lady is back with her family.. SAFE!!

My daughter goes to the same school as Kara and she came home from school today saying that there are so many stories going around as to where she is. One was that she's in NY and another was that she's hanging out at a kid's shore house here in Jersey.

And... I call all of you "out." Make your usernames your actual name so we know who's talking this ridiculous shit. A majority of you are out there, with your opinions, hiding behind the "social media" you blame using your abbreviated/fake user name.

Madamson: No, I'm sorry it's clearly not anyones business what so ever to "comment" with cruel rude demeaning remarks on a public site about other people unless those people hurt YOU. These comments are being read by her family. So in turn you are hurting the family & this young girl.(who already has issues). So, you make a bad situation worse, and you feel that is "ok"??? "Opinions" and passing "judgement" on a child or her family should be kept to oneself. Think it, don't write it. Where does it get you??? Where does all your comments on here get you? Please tell me that! This is THEIR business. There are a lot of teenagers in high schools that carry guns, that belong in gangs, that drink under age, that pick fights with other kids. There are teens that go to HS with your kids that do scandalous things more than you'd like to know about. So does that mean every parent that has a child that goes to school with all these type of teenagers need to make it their business and start a forum on it? Why only for this girl? Because it's posted on Clark Patch & gives everyone the abililty to mouth off for the sake of mouthing off? Please! Tell me what good this does? How are you helping and protecting "your" kids by writing about someone elses? This girl leaving her own home is no ones business but the police and her own family who gave birth to her. She's not any elses child on this forum. She's done wrong - YES. But it's none of our business. Bottom line!

This should not be a national story. There was a teenage boy from a town close to mine that went missing on Thursday and was found DEAD on Sunday. Why wasn't that turned into national news overnight? Oh yeah, because he wasn't a decent looking white girl who took to social media -- AND LIED ABOUT IT at that. This is one of the most pathetic things I have heard about in recent history. People are legitimately kidnapped every day. Why isn't The Today Show taking time out to talk about all of them individually? Ridiculous.

It's saddening because I have friends in mourning. And all of a sudden this girl pulls a stunt like this and is somehow more important than all missing teens in the country? I don't think so.

If it was your "child" , and yes she is still a child at 16, you would be concerned with her safety first and would appreciate any help from any of her friends or anyone out there. Any attention she may have been looking for is still a cry for help and any abusive comments towards her will be treated as Bullying! If you can help the situation, thank you in advance. Otherwise, do not contribute to anymore negativity please.

Why are we concerned? We are supposed to be a community and it's obvious this girl has problems. She is 16 years old and is a child. It's our job as adults to protect our kids. I'm sure her parents are scared to death and just want her home. What we need to be concerned with is getting this girl home and then helping her get through whatever it is she is dealing with.

People need to stop making up false scenarios & leave the "what if's" to the police.

Someone give her your Obama phone!

She's 16, not 5. She's a young woman, not a child. If she voluntarilly ran away, she should have known what she was getting herself into. The real world is dangerous. Not trying to sound like a dick, but she should have thought about what she was doing. If its fake I think she should be held responsible for her actions. A 16 year old should know better than to cause hysteria like this. If its not however, I do hope she is okay and not in any serious danger. Either way, i hope she returns safely.

Well Kara just liked a post on Facebook about her own prayer service tonight. Real mature to not let anyone know you're okay but go and like a post.

I'm a 16 year old girl, i don't tweet rude things and i have never wanted to run away. My dad is an alcoholic and my mom isn't around much. So everyone saying this is a normal teenage thing to do, it's really not...

I just hope that none of you ever have to go through what her family is going through right not. This child is still missing. These comments are disgusting. My heart goes out to her family, and her. I just pray she returns home safely.
Yes, children go missing everyday. Maybe the lesson we should hope our children are learning because of kara, is that they can use social media to reach out for help should anything ever happen to them.
As for kara, nobody but her can say what's really happened here. Everything else is pure speculation. And until she is found, we should all keep our opinions to ourselves. I feel for her family. May god be with them.

Let me just start off with saying whatever the case, I'm hoping Kara gets home safely and wishing her parents ease through this.

With that said, I am undoubtedly PISSED. Imagine if another child, who is actually in danger, posts a similar tweet. No one in their right mind will believe it because of this mess. Running away? Okay, fine. Go.Your family, friends, and probably the entire state will know from the news and will be looking for you. But it's no reason to make an entire NATION worry that a young girl was kidnapped. And God, the pain I feel for the boy who was accused of having something to do with this. No matter if he was proven innocent or what, I feel so sorry for him. A stupid girl making a stupid mistake has possibly branded him for life as a creep, based on her tweet alone about him.
And being a "mad teenage girl" does not give you an excuse to tweet some of the nasty, vulgar things she has said. I might cuss on my Twitter, feel free to check up on me, but I'm not using homophobic or racist slurs for an entire social networking site to see.

That's what I thought..........

This brings back memories of 1987 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations and look who this girl blamed...

Its funny reading so many posts that say people shouldnt pass judgement and that they are selfish. Nobody here is hoping she is hurt or going to get hooked on drugs. But it is the same people who would search for her and spend their time away from their kids searching for her. If they can try to help and take their time to help, they can have an opinion. It works both ways. If you are 16 and kill someone you will get life in prison. Adults and kids over the age of 15 should get jail time and have to pay for everything the town or state pays. Also you should get fined as well. Social media is being used the wrong way and people have to start taking responsibility for their actions. I know her family isnt going to like this post but this goes for everyone.

@ Eddie Neas. If she doesn't care about being safe, why should the 90,000 people who were trying to spread the word care anymore when SHE LEFT ON HER OWN WILL!? And lied About the whole situation. I'm pretty sure she is at some friends house and is just fine. 16 year olds should be smart enough now a days to know what they should or shouldn't do. No sympathy from me.

I agree that yes, she's said some rude things in her tweets, but we all make mistakes and she's probably scared to death right now whether or not she was kidnapped. She might see this and think she will be in trouble if she comes home. I sure wouldn't want to be the reason any child is scared to come home. Imagine how her parents must feel about all of this. So please stop posting rude things about the girl.

@ Eddie Neas I could agree with u more !! Who cares about the logistic side of this issue soooo much tax payers money goes to lining politicians greedy pockets and no one cares or does anything about this whereas this is a child's welfare at stake please go ahead employ whatever means necesesary to have this a happy ending !!

I sincerely feel for her family. We don't know all the facts, but sounds to me like she is looking for attention. Hope she is found and is safe. Sad thing is, this has gotten so out of control she probably scared to come home, but again, it is a cruel world out there. If she went to train station, could have went to NYC. As a parent, who many years ago had a runaway teen in NY, i gotta tell you it is a nightmare. I pray for her safety, but when she does come home, and i hope she does, she must face up to what she did, if this is true. This is not a joke, it is not funny, if in fact she made this all up, she needs to pay some consequences. My heart goes out to her parents and family. I hope and pray she contacts them. Like i said, she may have been doing it for attention, but cruel world out there. Be safe and come home!

I'm not her, I just don't judge people before I truely know them. I see it from all sides.. Ofcourse she clearly went about it the wrong way, but its a cry for help not attention. She probably faked the kidnapping to offset the search!

The police should release all the information they have so the speculation by Patch users and in other places can be put to rest.

Message to Kara... Please call or come home! I dont know you personally but have children that go to school with you and they are more concerned about your safe return than being angry with you... people here are saying some bad things about you mainly because they don't understand what might be going on with you but i will say that if you are having troubles that you have gotten our attention and so many people want to help you overcome this dilemma. The quickest and best way to recover from this is to come home as soon as possible and talk with the people who love you the most... dont be afraid and know there are lots if people that are truly concerned for your safety and well-being...

All I know is when I was a kid, I threatened to run away all the time...would pack my bag and my mom would open the door for me. After about an hour of sitting in a neighbors backyard, I went home; I had no where else to go. She hasn't come home because she had somewhere else she could go. She'll come home when she's ready to face all of this, or when she has run out of money. And then there will be another 10,000 news stories with another million comments made by people with their righteous opinons. Then a year from now, no one will be talking about it.

Go home Kara!!!! Enough already!!!! Let your family be at ease.. how bad could it be at home.. .think of others that are suffering! Game over girl go home to your family and friends. Will be ok.

My heart goes out to the family and friends...hope that no one person is helping her ...that would make you a suspect. Give her up and be done with this sick game. All will come out eventually. You will see. Turn her in.

I know think she went to be with some guy she met this past summer. He's probably been telling her how much he loves her, blah,blah, blah. Let's hope she's not pregnant

Check her cell records and they'll find the guy. He's probably over 21. I wonder if they were inpired by the teacher in England who just ran away to France with his 15-year old student. They got caught. I guess Kara's boyfriend is going to spend a long time in the joint for this stunt