Missing Mississippi student found, reunited with family in Richmond

Replace Wednesday, April 27, 3:29 p.m.: Kamilah Fipps was discovered protected and reunited together with her household Wednesday afternoon, in response to Richmond Police. Fipps’ household mentioned she was discovered close to Battery Park in Richmond.

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The mom of Kamilah Fipps, a lacking pupil from Jackson State College, says she has seen surveillance video from a Richmond gasoline station displaying her daughter Tuesday evening.

Vicky Fipps, Kamilah’s mom, advised 8News on Wednesday that bank card information present that her daughter made two transactions Tuesday evening, a $1.05 buy on the Greyhound bus station off Arthur Ashe Boulevard and one for $5.76 on the Wawa on the nook of Arthur Ashe Blvd. and Ellen Highway.

V. Fipps mentioned that the gasoline station confirmed her its surveillance video, the place she mentioned she noticed Kamilah in the identical garments she was seen in at an ice cream store within the Scott’s Addition space.

“They confirmed her on the register. It’s her card. They confirmed her strolling out the door,” her mom mentioned. “Nonetheless with the backpack and similar garments, and that’s positively not one thing my daughter would do. One thing is improper. One thing is improper.” 

JSU police issued a Lacking Individuals Report for Fipps on April 21, two days after she was seen leaving her campus dorm.

Fipps’ checking account reveals she bought a one-way Greyhound bus ticket out of Mississippi on Thursday. After the cease in Richmond — the bus continued to New York. Nonetheless, Kamilah paid $239.99 — the precise quantity to get from Mississippi to Richmond.

Photographs offered to 8News by the Gelati Celesti on Arthur Ashe present the lacking 21-year-old shopping for ice cream on Thursday, April 21 at 7:33 p.m., the final time Kamilah was seen on video earlier than Tuesday, in response to her mom.

The Richmond Police Division confirms a detective is now investigating this case.

“We proceed to enlist the general public and neighborhood in serving to us to deal with the report that was made and serving to us to find Ms. Fipps,” a Richmond police spokesperson advised 8News. “Please proceed to let the general public know that any info could possibly be the lead we want.”

Household has flown in from throughout the nation, however claims there aren’t any identified connections to the Richmond space, and are uncertain why Kamilah can be right here.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued a Silver Alert, which indicators a cognitive impairment could also be impacting Kamilah’s judgement.

“I’m not coming house with out my daughter,” Fipps’ mom mentioned. “Nonetheless lengthy it takes to seek out her… I’m right here.”

Kamilah Fipps is round 5 ft 5 inches tall, weighing round 130 kilos. She wears gold metal-rimmed glasses and has black hair in locks with crimson suggestions. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations issued a silver alert, indicating {that a} medical situation could possibly be impairing her judgment.

Anybody with info on Kamilah Fipps’ whereabouts is requested to name Lieutenant Marshall at 804-646-6764 or contact Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

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