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The father of a missing Patchogue teenager has increased the reward for information leading to her safe return home from $10,000 to $15,000, he told Greater Long Island on Friday.
Frank Gervasi continues his search for his 14-year-old daughter, Emmarae, who has been missing since dinner time on Monday.
His offer remains “no questions asked,” with the sole focus on ensuring her safety.
“To anyone who knows anything, please help bring my daughter home,” Gervasi said previously, in a message shared by family friend Stephanie Biondi. “We miss her more than words can say and just want her safe in our arms again.”
Gervasi, whose family owns Setauket Auto Body, Inc., initially announced a $10,000 reward on Wednesday, pleading for anyone with information to come forward. Emmarae went missing within five minutes of speaking with her father on the telephone while he was driving home from work, Biondi told Greater Long Island.
She had left the home barefoot and wearing a t-shirt and black pants to retrieve something from her mother’s car, and was last seen on surveillance video entering a blue car, her family said.
Frank Gervasi was speaking Friday with detectives from Suffolk County Police’s Fifth Squad, who are heading up the search for Emmarae. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the Fifth Precinct at 631.854.8500.
Top photo: Emmarae Gervasi and her father Frank, who is offering a reward of $15,000 for information leading to the safe return home of his 14-year-old daughter (Courtesy).
