Prosecutors are taking over the case of a 14-year-old New Jersey girl who has been missing for nearly a month.
Jashyah Moore, 14, was last seen around 10 a.m. on Oct. 14 at Poppie's Deli Store in East Orange.
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A missing poster for 14-year-old Jashyah Moore hangs in a drive-through window at a fast food restaurant in East Orange, N.J., Oct. 16, 2021.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II called her disappearance "particularly troubling."
"Our society cannot ignore the fact that a 14-year-old girl, otherwise normal in all respects as far as we can tell, would disappear without a trace on a sunny day on a central thoroughfare," he said at a news conference Wednesday.
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Jashyah Moore, 14, of East Orange, N.J., is pictured in a missing persons poster shared to Facebook by the East Orange City Hall on Nov. 3, 2021.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has superseded the investigation and now will be the lead agency, Stephens said, though East Orange police, the Essex County Sheriff's Office, FBI, New Jersey State Police and Orange police will continue to be involved.
"This case cries out and demands our attention," Stephens said.
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There's still little information about the mysterious case. When asked about surveillance video, Stephens told reporters Wednesday, "There is video, and we've captured all that we can and will continue to go through that."
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He added that investigators "have gone through cell phones of anyone associated."
Moore's desperate family held a search party Tuesday night.
"Please, my daughter is 14 years old, she does not deserve this, she did not run away," her mother, Jamie Moore, told ABC New York station WABC on Tuesday. "I love you Jashyah. If you see this, don't be scared. Mommy is going to find you."
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Jashyah Moore's mother, Jamie Moore, speaks to reporters on Nov. 9, 2021 in East Orange, N.J.
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Jashyah Moore's mother, Jamie Moore, speaks to reporters on Nov. 9, 2021 in East Orange, N.J.