[UPDATE: Located] Fortuna Teenager Ran-Away Over Two Weeks Ago; Mother and Law Enforcement Concerned for Her Safety

Alianna Gordon

Alianna Gordon [All photos provided by Stevanie Smith, Alianna’s mother]

Alianna Gordon, a 17-year-old girl from Fortuna, California, told her grandmother that she was going to take a nap on May 1 but, later that day, her grandmother discovered she had run away from their Whitethorn home. Alianna, who also goes by “Anna”, was seen later that afternoon by her aunt near Whitethorn Junction. She told her aunt she was going to go swimming. Based on this information, Stevanie Smith, her mother, described spending “all night looking in the waterways” and contacted the Fortuna Police Department on May 2 after not finding any signs of her daughter.

After Alianna ran away, Smith discovered that her daughter had stolen her grandmother’s credit card. Reviewing the credit card purchases, Smith described approximately $1,000 in charges and the items being sent to an address in Warner Robins, Georgia. Smith was told by her daughter’s friend that Alianna had been communicating with a man from Georgia and based on that information, Smith contacted the Warner Robins Police Department and Air Force Base. After contacting these agencies, Alianna’s friend told Smith that the man had stopped picking up Alianna’s phone calls. Smith assumes that “the Warner Robins Police showed up at his house [and] informed him she was a minor.”

Alianna GordonSmith has received several tips regarding her daughter’s movements over the weeks she’s been missing. She was told that Alianna was “staying with a friend in Fortuna.” Smith described sending “the Fortuna Police Department over to the friend’s house and missing Alianna by 15-20 minutes.”

After posting on the Facebook group “Hey Garberville. What’s Going on” regarding her daughter’s disappearance, Smith was told of a sighting of her at the Shop Smart convenience store on May 9. Smith was told Alianna was accompanied by a male named “Louis.” Smith said Humboldt County Sheriff deputies investigated this sighting but did not come up with anything conclusive.

Another person contacted Smith and told her that in early May, “a girl came walking up to my driveway and asked me if I could give her a ride to her house in Rio Dell.” Inquiring as to why the young woman had approached her Redway home, Alianna said she had “gone to a party the night before and just wanted to go home and no one would help her.” The good samaritan was unable to give Alianna a ride to Rio Dell but wished Smith luck in locating her daughter.

Fortuna Police Department Lieutenant Matt Eberhardt characterized Alianna as a “voluntary missing person” who is “actively trying not to be found.” Lt. Eberhardtsaid, “Indications are that she is attempting to avoid contact with the family.” Upon receiving the report on the missing juvenile, Eberhardt said FoPD officers broadcast her missing status to all Humboldt County agencies and she has been entered into the missing person database.

Alianna GordonLt. Eberhardt said Alianna has connections with friends all throughout Humboldt County including Whitethorn, Rio Dell, Willow Creek, and Fortuna. He said investigators have “spoken with friends and tried to contact her.”

The phone number associated with Alianna “is no longer active and Mom believes it might have been disconnected,” Lieutenant Eberhardt added.

Alianna Gordon is 5’8’’ and weighs about 150 lbs. She has hazel eyes and brown hair, though her mother was told she “might have shaved her head.” Smith described her daughter as “mixed-race” being “black, Mexican, Thai, and Native American.” Alianna has reportedly been seen wearing green pants and one of her friends said she had seen her wearing a pair of True Religion jeans and a green jacket.

Lieutenant Eberhardt asked for the public’s help in locating the missing Juvenile. “Her family and us just want to make sure she is safe and returns home,” he said. “If anybody has information on her whereabouts or information that may assist us in locating her, please contact the Fortuna Police Department at (707) 725-7550.”Alianna Gordon

UPDATE Friday, May 22: Alianna Gordon, the Fortuna 17-year-old who was missing for over two weeks, is now home, reports her mother Stevanie Smith. Smith said she got information that her daughter was with a male juvenile in Fortuna and Fortuna Police Department took her into custody at around 11:00 pm on Thursday, May 21.

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Juan
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Juan
3 years ago

Age of consent is 16 in Georgia, so technically she’s not a minor there.

norine
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norine
3 years ago
Reply to  Juan

Are you kidding me??
She is a child!!!!
I assume you don’t have children because if you did you wouldn’t have said it.

SHANNON C SULLIVAN
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SHANNON C SULLIVAN
3 years ago
Reply to  norine

Juan, consent at 16 may be legal in Georgia, but anyone transporting a 16 year old runaway out of California with intentions of a consenting sexual relationship in Georgia, is a Federal crime.. Did you know that smart Guy?

Dantae
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Dantae
3 years ago

What does that have to do with anything? She’s missing from Humboldt County not Georgia duh

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[edit]
3 years ago
Reply to  Dantae

You must not have read the story, like at all.

FanOfGuest
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FanOfGuest
3 years ago

Read the story?

Cassie
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Cassie
3 years ago

I hope they find her. She’s so young. I went through this same thing in my adolescences.

Martin
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Martin
3 years ago

I pray that she is found very soon and safe. I don’t know what made her run away, but it breaks my heart. I can understand the hell the family is going through now. If anyone thinks or knows they saw her please call the police. The longer she is gone, the colder the trail becomes. Alianna, if you are reading these comments please at least call home and tell your family you are safe.

Smith
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Smith
3 years ago
Reply to  Martin

Thank u Martin!
I really appreciate the warm and wise words!
I wish I knew why she ran away! No one knows why she ran away!
All her family really loves her!
Some of her family even came to help find her and they live in another state.
Everyone is coming together to find her.
I’m so shocked that there’s not much on her as of now.

J
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J
3 years ago

Answering your door makes you a good Samaritan? Not saying she should have given her a ride but I think the bar should be a little higher to be considered a good Samaritan. I didn’t punch anyone today, am I now a good Samaritan in Humboldts eyes? Does that make me charitable and helpful everytime I tell people have a good day? Set a higher bar Humboldt.

Nope
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Nope
3 years ago

Don’t let anyone you don’t know well to sucker you into leaving your house to take them somewhere. It’s a new/old trick to get you away, then their friends come rob your house while you’re being a ‘good Samaritan’.

wydeboi
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wydeboi
3 years ago

The age of consent in Georgia is 18. I lived there for 42 years.

Alias
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Alias
3 years ago

Check again guy, not that I agree but the age of consent is most definitely 16 in Georgia.