Roger Lanford is a 33-year-old man from Gainesville, Georgia. On May 17, 2017 he was suspected to have kidnapped 16-year-old Melissa Molina in Winder, Georgia. On May 18, 2017 Roger was arrested and Melissa was found safe. ^[1]

Roger Lanford works as a Floater at Kubota Industrial Equipment, Jefferson, Georgia. He lives in Gainesville, Georgia. Roger attended Johnson High School (Gainesville, Georgia). ^[4]

On May 17, 2017 The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office issued an AMBER Alert for Melissa Molina who was last spotted getting into a car with Roger Lanford. ^[2]

Officials said Melissa Molina got into a white 2004 Nissan Maxima in the Winder, Georgia area with a man who they believe is named Roger Lanford. Barrow sheriff’s Office officials said Lanford is 33, but the National Center for Missing And Exploited Children listed his age as 34. ^[2]

The sheriff’s office said in a post on its Facebook page that the Maxima took off at a high rate of speed after Molina got into the vehicle.

The vehicle was reportedly being driven recklessly and passing other vehicles as well.

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Law enforcement officials said the Maxima was last seen heading toward Ga.

Highway 124 on Dee Kennedy Road.

The Maxima had a Georgia license plate, No.

PBD6016, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited children.

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The center said anyone who has information about the pair’s whereabouts is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 770-307-3080.

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The center described Molina as 5 feet and 6 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, and she was last seen wearing black pants and an orange sweater.

The center only described Lanford as a white man weighing 144 pounds and standing 6 feet and 3 inches tall.

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