{"id":853,"date":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/09\/16-year-old-girl-remains-missing-10-days-after-vanishing-from-home-leading-father-to-believe-someone-has-my-daughter\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","slug":"16-year-old-girl-remains-missing-10-days-after-vanishing-from-home-leading-father-to-believe-someone-has-my-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/09\/16-year-old-girl-remains-missing-10-days-after-vanishing-from-home-leading-father-to-believe-someone-has-my-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"16-Year-Old Girl Remains Missing 10 Days After Vanishing from Home, Leading Father to Believe\u00a0\u2018Someone Has My Daughter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sophia Cover vanished from her Florida home on July 31<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/Yi4qptOudjudMG6DrF1K5SKu-kc=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/richard-cover-sopha-cover-080926-dea2fdbabb2543e68a150d0ca3998edf.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Cover and his daughter SophiaCredit: Roofer Rick\/Facebook\" title=\"THE father of a missing teenager, Richard Cover,  has revealed the heart stopping moment he realized she had vanished in the middle of the night.  Sophia Cover, 16, was last seen leaving her home in Naples, Florida, in the dead of night on July 31.\" \/><figcaption><i>Richard Cover and his daughter Sophia<br \/>Credit: Roofer Rick\/Facebook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sophia Cover was last seen leaving her Naples, Fla., home on surveillance footage on July 31<\/li>\n<li>Her father, Richard Cover, believes she may have been abducted and has shared emotional pleas for her safe return<\/li>\n<li>Sophia, 16, recently moved to Florida with her family and was set to return to high school in less than two weeks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The father of <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/teen-girl-left-home-in-the-middle-of-the-night-now-missing-for-a-week-12035955\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">missing teenager Sophia Cover<\/a> is appealing for her safe return.<\/p>\n<p>While recounting the night his 16-year-old daughter Sophia disappeared from their Naples, Fla. home to <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZzgS0X4XK0\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\"><em>Gulf Coast News<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>Richard Cover expressed concern that she may have been abducted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat day she was in \u2026 so the dog\u2019s whining so I walk around, go through the pool bathroom door and that\u2019s unlocked. I walk into her bedroom and she\u2019s nowhere to be found,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cI think that she left the house because someone either convinced her to, or promised her something and I think that she\u2019s in trouble right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophia was last seen leaving her home in Golden Gate Estates on foot at about 12:45 a.m. local time on July 31, the Collier County Sheriff\u2019s Office (CCSO) said in a <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/colliersheriff\/posts\/pfbid028HamEQkXQX1FXuErQwxxKG9dycfuq53oefFW1UQAApotnAXx8wwiWNLCBFQQYs3Yl\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Facebook alert<\/a>. She is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, 115 pounds with long brown hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\">PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p>As it\u2019s been over a week since his daughter disappeared, Richard has come to believe Sophia was taken against her will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think someone has my daughter, is what I believe,\u201d he told <em>Gulf Coast News<\/em>. \u201cThere is no way that she is going and putting me through this for five days \u2026 She\u2019s my buddy,\u201d he added through tears.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage reviewed by <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/missing-girl-teen-search-family-collier-florida\/73360254\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">WZVN<\/a> showed Sophia leaving her house on 62nd Avenue Northeast wearing a dark hoodie and backpack.<\/p>\n<p>Sophia\u2019s disappearance comes after she moved to the area with her family four months ago. She is due to return to high school in less than two weeks, per <em>Gulf Coast News.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/cD2-e4z6fdU2rUjGWsDzg-WwVwA=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/sophia-cover-080926-ad30a63e87414479bb6d9c106570a7ca.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia Cover went missing from her Florida home on July 31Credit: Roofer Rick\/Facebook\" title=\"Sophia Cover, 16, was last seen leaving her home in Naples, Florida, in the dead of night on July 31.\" \/><figcaption><i>Sophia Cover went missing from her Florida home on July 31<br \/>Credit: Roofer Rick\/Facebook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sophia moved to Philadelphia from Panama, where she lived with her mother, to live with her dad in June 2014, Richard shared in a <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1029311089886535\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Facebook post<\/a> on Saturday, Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Richard wrote in another <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2442442066277186\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Facebook post<\/a> on Friday, Aug. 7, \u201cSophia, if you see this \u2026 I need you to know that I love you more than words could ever explain. There isn\u2019t a single day that goes by that I don\u2019t think about you \u2026 Home just isn\u2019t the same without you here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not giving up on you. I\u2019ll keep searching, keep hoping, and keep praying until you\u2019re home safe,\u201d he continued. \u201c&#8230;If you\u2019re scared, hurting, or don\u2019t know what to do, please just let someone know you\u2019re okay &#8230; I just want to know you\u2019re safe and bring you home where you belong \u2026 Please come home. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Collier County Sheriff\u2019s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophia Cover vanished from her Florida home on July 31 Richard Cover and his daughter SophiaCredit: Roofer Rick\/Facebook NEED TO KNOW Sophia Cover was last seen leaving her Naples, Fla., home on surveillance footage on July 31 Her father, Richard Cover, believes she may have been abducted and has shared emotional pleas for her safe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}