Parents of missing teen Autumn Sanville launch Gofundme to aid in search

The family of Autumn Sanville, the missing 17-year-old girl who disappeared from her home in Weathersfield, Vermont earlier this month, has launched a Gofundme to assist with the financial difficulties of locating her.

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Parents of missing Vermont teen Autumn Sanville launch Gofundme to aid in search, as concerns for her safety mount Lucas Ropek | lropek@repub.com By Lucas Ropek | lropek@repub.com The Republican on October 20, 2016 at 9:00 PM, updated October 20, 2016 at 9:24 PM comments SPRINGFIELD, Vt — The family of Autumn Sanville, the missing 17-year-old girl who disappeared from her home in Weathersfield, Vermont earlier this month, has launched a Gofundme to assist with the financial difficulties of locating her. The Gofundme's goal is $5,000, which the family says it wants to use to hire a private investigator to search for Autumn. The family has also set up a Facebook page dedicated to bringing her home, titled Help Find Autumn Sanville. Sanville disappeared from Weathersfield on Oct. 6--failing to come home from school like she normally did. Her 1999 Saab was discovered near a boat ramp in the neighboring town of Springfield, Vermont, a 13-minute car-ride from Weathersfield, and a short distance from the New Hampshire State line. "Autumn is a smart, funny, sweet girl," reads the Gofundme. "We want to locate her as soon as possible. Please help her family in any way you can. We are all praying for her safe return." Sanville's mother Karlene and her step-father Chris Rogstad recently expressed in an interview with NBC News that they believe Autumn may be in danger "In my heart, I know she didn't leave with the intention of not coming home," said Sanville's mother, in the interview. "She's a teen. Most teens sometimes skip a day of school. I don't believe she thought it was going to be longer than that. What if she's in a really dangerous situation, and people aren't looking at it that way?" In another interview, the parents revealed that they had been unaware that Autumn had been late for school several times in the days leading up to her disappearance, because school authorities had not alerted them to her tardiness. On the day she went missing, Autumn left for school in her Saab at 7 a.m., but never arrived there. School authorities reported that they were unaware of Sanville's absence until her mother called them later that evening. Because they were not contacted by the school, Sanville's parents didn't become aware of her disappearance until that evening--when the teen failed to come home before her shift at a local pizza parlor, as she usually did. After phoning the eatery, Karlene Rogstad discovered that Sanville hadn't been scheduled to work that evening. It was at that point that Sanville's mother began contacting her daughter's friends, asking them about her whereabouts. After getting no answers from them, the couple contacted the police. Karlene expressed in an interview that she believes Autumn willingly traveled to Springfield on Oct. 6, and may have gotten in someone's vehicle. However, she also said she believes that what Autumn entered into willingly may have turned into a situation that the teen cannot escape from. "I have the personal feeling that whomever she is with isn't letting her come back," Rogstadt said, in an interview. The couple also don't think Autumn could be with her biological father--as he has a no-contact provision in place. Police believe that Hoyt's Landing, the site where Sanville's car was discovered--and an entry point for people looking to travel the Connecticut River--was the last place that the teen's cell phone was active. Autumn is described as being 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, and having long brown hair and green eyes. Police say she was last seen wearing a black jacket and hood, blue jeans, dark boots, and a black and white plaid shirt. Anyone who believes they have information regarding Autumn's whereabouts has been encouraged to get in touch with Detective Sergeant Michael Dion at 802-722-4667 through the Vermont State Police Westminster Barracks.