Missing or Murdered: Where is 15-Year-Old Erica?

In a daytime exclusive, Dr. Phil sits down with the adoptive parents of 15-year-old Erica Parsons, who was last seen nearly two years ago but was only recently reported missing — by her brother. Casey and Sandy claim their daughter is alive and well and has been living with Irene “Nan” Goodman, a woman who they believe is Erica’s biological grandmother. So, where is Nan? And, why do these parents say they’re now being accused of murder? What really happened to Erica?

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Erica Parsons, 15, was reported missing by her older brother on July 30, 2013, but he says the last time he saw her was on November 19, 2011. Erica’s adoptive parents, Sandy and Casey, say Erica isn’t missing — she went to live with her biological paternal grandmother, “Nan,” in December 2011. Police say there is no “Nan,” and Erica’s biological grandmother died five years ago.

They say Erica’s parents are being uncooperative and that the information they’ve provided isn’t true. Sandy and Casey’s 20-year-old son told authorities that his sister isn’t missing — he claimed his parents killed her.

Casey and Sandy say they're telling the truth, they did not kill Erica, and all they're guilty of is wanting the best for their adopted daughter.

Adoptive Parents Say Missing Girl is ‘Living With Her
Biological Grandmother’

Casey says Nan knew a lot of information about their family and claimed to have gotten it all from Erica’s biological mother. After a few months of getting to know Nan online, they agreed that Erica could stay with her for a weekend. They say they met her at a McDonald’s and dropped Erica off. Casey admits that they didn’t know where Nan lived but claimed they saw photos of her house — a farm with horses. She says they no longer have those photos.

She also says the phone number Nan gave them eventually became disconnected, and she no longer has that number, and Nan’s online social networking profile has since been deleted.

Dr. Phil points out that police believe Sandy and Casey fabricated Nan. Casey says Erica went to stay with Nan a few times and always came back happy, talking about the fun she had and the gifts they gave her. She says even family members heard Erica talking about her weekends with Nan.

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Casey says during the last hand-off with Erica, there were two other women in the vehicle with Nan — Kelly, Erica’s half-sister by the same father, and “Strawberry,” Erica’s biological father’s girlfriend. She says they were both located and questioned by authorities, proving that they’re real people, and she’s not making up the story about Nan.

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Casey says getting a lawyer caused them to lose their two young children, who were taken from them and placed in the care of her mother. Dr. Phil looks at the investigation report from the Department of Social Services and notes that they found nothing wrong in Sandy and Casey’s house, and there were no signs of abuse or neglect — except for the fact that Erica cannot be located. 

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Dr. Phil addresses his audience. “I don’t know if Nan, Strawberry and Kelly are real people," he says. "If they are real, I certainly don’t want to even suggest that they had anything at all to do with Erica’s disappearance. But what I do want to do is have them reach out to us and let us know if they have any information that may help us find this precious little girl.”

If you have any information about missing 15-year-old Erica Lynn Parsons, please call the Rowan County Sheriff’s office at (704) 216-8700 or Lt. Chad Moose or Detective Clint Mauldin at (704) 216-8687. Erica has brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, 4 feet 5 inches tall, petite, 85 to 90 pounds and may be in the Asheville, North Carolina area.

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