Berkeley County, SC (WCSC) – The family of a missing 15-year-old girl, last seen on her first day of school, desperately seeks answers.
Sarah Pipkin’s parents, Darling and Rick Campbell, contacted police on August 15, an hour after she didn’t get off the school bus.
When Darling contacted Cane Bay High School, the principal told her that Pipkin had boarded the bus. The next day, a video pulled from the school showed her standing in the loop of a bus before walking towards Marshall Acres Drive with a group of students.
According to her parents, Pipkin did not bring her wallet or phone with her on the day she went missing. They both say that getting ready for school was a normal morning.
“We’re thinking that it doesn’t necessarily have to be a fugitive and someone picked him up,” Darling says. “We don’t know what to think because we don’t know. We just want her home so she can either get the help she needs and continue with her life. You know, that’s all we want.”
Pipkin was last seen at Cane Bay High School wearing faded black jeans, a black Bob Ross T-shirt and white Air Force 1. He also had a gray bag with flowers.
“How is she eating?” Darling asked. “You know, how is she staying out of season? What is she doing, or what does she have to do? Everything you know makes my mind go to the left. I’m like, This is my baby girl “
Crimestoppers of the Lowcountry is offering a $1,000 bounty, plus an additional $1,000 . until For information on the location of Pipkin.
“If I was going to run away, I would make sure I had extra clothes, socks, shoes whatever,” Rick said. “He didn’t even take the deodorant, didn’t even take the money, he didn’t take it, he didn’t take anything.”
When asked about the search, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office said they had no updates to provide on the matter. Those with information are asked to call Crimestoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111.
“I need to know what I need to know if he’s safe,” Darling says. “I need to know if someone has harmed him if someone has harmed him and I want them to be fully prosecuted. You know, I mean, actually, that 15 years She is not old enough to decide for herself.”
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