‘Childlike’ mentally ill former model, 24, who disappeared from Florida treatment center spotted at Alabama gas station with unidentified homeless man
- Isabel Lawson, 24, reportedly sneaked out of a Pensacola addiction treatment center on December 26
- According to her family, she was seen with an unidentified homeless man at a gas station in Mobile, Alabama on Thursday
- Her mother told officials that the model has mental health issues that make her “childlike and vulnerable.”
- Parents believe she is trying to return to Los Angeles, where she first became addicted
A 24-year-old former model who went missing from a treatment center in Florida was spotted in Alabama today.
Isabel Lawson reportedly left an addiction treatment center in Pensacola on December 26.
Pensacola police, her parents and an anti-human trafficking group called The Shepherds have been searching for her since her disappearance.
According to her family, she was seen with an unidentified homeless man at a gas station in Mobile, Alabama on Thursday.
Isabel Lawson reportedly sneaked out of a Pensacola addiction treatment center on December 26
Her mother told officials that the model has mental health issues that make her “childlike and vulnerable.”
She has no identification on her or her cell phone.
According to one of the treatment center employees, Isabel was last seen at Circle K at Cervantes Street and N Davis Highway in Pensacola asking people for rides.
Father Lance Lawson told it Wear news after Isabel was spotted in Alabama: 'She is being followed. We could see which direction she was going.
Her mother told officials that the model has mental health issues that make her “childlike and vulnerable.”
The distressed father said he believed she was taken to a local Greyhound bus station to go to Los Angeles, where she became addicted, even though she had been sober for the past six months.
“We thought she might try to go to South Florida. It's like she's trying to get back to Los Angeles.
“Los Angeles isn't a good place for her, but I know she's there. I don't know, I just want to know where she is.
“She just needs help.”
The distressed father said he believed she was taken to a local Greyhound bus station to go to Los Angeles, where she became addicted, even though she had been sober for the past six months.
Anyone with information on Isabel Lawson's location is asked to contact the Pensacola Police Department or The Shepherds