No Sign of Katelin Akens, 19, on Surveillance Video: Police

PHOTOS of missing teenager Katelin Michelle Akens courtesy of Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office

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SPRINGFIELD, VA — Missing teenager Katelin Michelle Akens of Spotsylvania County, last seen Saturday when her stepfather dropped her off at Springfield Town Center, has not been seen on any surveillance video at the mall, according to Captain Jeffery Pearce, public information officer for the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office.

Pearce said Wednesday afternoon that police are continuing to comb through video and they are still hoping to find an image of her from the numerous surveillance cameras at the shopping center.

Police are also coordinating efforts with Metro police, looking at surveillance video there, because Akens was supposed to walk from the shopping center to the nearby Franconia-Springfield Station. Pearce said no video has shown up so far from Metro surveillance cameras either.

See a map below showing the location of the mall and the metro stop. The Springfield area is about an hour north of Spotsylvania County.

Akens, 19, was last seen Saturday when she was dropped off by her stepfather, who is divorced from Akens’ mother, Pearce said. The family is on friendly terms, he noted.

Akens was supposed to take the Metro to Reagan National Airport to fly to Arizona to meet her fiance, Pearce said.

On Monday, authorities found luggage belonging to Akens strewn in a drainage ditch just outside Fredericksburg.