Family desperately hoping for the return of missing teen who was last seen in Provo
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- Alisa Petrov, a teen who disappeared and was last seen in Provo, is shown in an undated photo.
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- Alisa Petrov, a teen who disappeared and was last seen in Provo, is shown in an undated photo.
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- A missing person’s poster shows teen Alisa Petrov, who disappeared last month from Utah County.
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- Alisa Petrov, a teen who disappeared and was last seen in Provo, is shown in an undated photo.
A Utah family is hoping for the safe return of their 15-year-old daughter who reportedly went missing last month after she was last seen in Utah County.
The South Jordan Police Department said Alisa Petrov vanished from her school in American Fork, which was the last place her mother saw her on April 21.
“I dropped her to school, she entered the building, but didn’t make it to the classroom,” Olga Petrov said.
Alisa reportedly went to a gas station that is adjacent to the school. Her mother said the teen was seen inside talking with some other students from her class.
“She told them that she’s running away,” Olga Petrov told the Daily Herald.
The 15-year-old then allegedly got a ride to the Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner station in American Fork, where surveillance footage captured her boarding a train, according to her mother.
Alisa exited at the Provo Central Station, and that’s where she was last seen, according to police.
Olga Petrov said the family later learned that Alisa may have asked a young woman to purchase a ticket to Las Vegas in exchange for cash, and another person said they saw her asking for a ride to Salt Lake.
The Petrovs and authorities believe she is possibly somewhere in the Las Vegas area.
“Alisa is believed to be attempting to meet individuals she met online using multiple social media platforms and chat applications,” police said in an April 29 press release regarding the missing teen.
Alisa’s parents said she was doing well in school and had no apparent reasons for running away, but they fear she might have been influenced by online interactions with strangers.
Alisa’s father, Nikolai, took to social media on Monday, saying it’s now been two weeks since she vanished and that he thinks there’s a high chance she is with someone dangerous.
A website dedicated to finding the teen lists a $20,000 reward for the person who helps bring her home.
Police have listed Alisa as a “runaway juvenile who is endangered.”
A representative for the South Jordan Police Department did not immediately respond to the Daily Herald’s inquiry for an update on the case.
Meanwhile, Olga Petrov said their family is desperately hoping Alisa returns home or that someone with pertinent information shares it with police.
“We are really hoping she will be back and she is OK,” Olga Petrov said. “Our family is not complete without her.”
Her family and police urge anyone with information regarding Alisa’s whereabouts to call police immediately, including the Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center at 801-840-4000.
