Bridgewater mom issues plea for missing daughter to come home

A Bridgewater mother made a desperate plea Tuesday for her missing 12-year-old daughter to come home.

"Karissa, we love you. Your grandparents are looking for you, we are looking for you, everyone is, so just come home or call or something, please," a tearful Penny Boudreau said.

Karissa Boudreau was last seen after an argument with her mother at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the Bridgewater Mall.

Penny Boudreau said the hours since her daughter disappeared have been "pure hell."

She and her family held a news conference at the Bridgewater Police station to appeal to Karissa to either come home or call.

Penny Boudreau broke down into tears, as she pleaded for her daughter to "just put their latest argument behind them."

"I don't really know what to say other that I hope she is listening," Boudreau said.

Boudreau said she and her daughter often argued over ordinary teenage things, and they were trying to sort out a disagreement just before Karissa disappeared. Penny Boudreau said she had gone into Sobeys, and when she returned to the car, her daughter was gone.

Police are concerned because Karissa was wearing light clothing and plastic Crocs, and a winter storm hit Sunday night.

The Boudreau family only recently moved to Bridgewater which is just over 100 kilometres west of Halifax and Karissa does not have any close friends.

Bridgewater acting deputy police chief John Collyer said there is nothing to suggest an abduction in the case.