“We have exhausted every lead and if anyone knows anything, no one is talking about it,” said Kentucky State Police Officer Nick Hale, Post 15 in Columbia, of Amber Shirley of Edmonton. “She is very ghostly.”

The 15-year-old teen went missing for the second time late on the evening of January 18.

Although authorities do not have any new leads on her whereabouts, they suspect she is a runaway; Hale says the majority of the missing juvenile cases handled by KSP are runaways.

“We have called her phone and contacted her phone time and again, and there is no response. There’s a good chance she has a different phone by now.”

Last spring was the first time that Shirley went missing, and she was at her grandparents home.

The day that she went missing in January seemed like an ordinary day according to what was relayed to the KSP.

“They were all at her home, they saw her before bed, they went to bed and then she was gone,” Hale said.

Although there are many cases of missing teens in the state of Kentucky, most are found in less than a week. In fact, according to Hale, most are found before a trooper’s shift ends. “This is the case 19 out of 20 times.”

Although they can’t be certain, it is suspected she may have had help; in the age of the Internet, online communication may have played a role.

Anyone with information about Amber’s whereabouts should contact the Kentucky State Police Post 15 in Columbia.

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There have been several burglaries in the last couple of weeks in Edmonton.

On the night of February 18, a person or persons broke into MFS Alliance on South Main Street. According to Barney Withers, thieves damaged the side door and gained entrance into the feed room. They did not, however, make entry into the office sections.

That same night, someone burglarized T and R Auto and Retailing on North First Street. It appears entry was made through a small window at the rear of the building and burglar(s) spent quite a bit of time looking through items.

Around $300, including change from a large jar, was taken, documents were damaged, and personal items were taken from the owner’s vehicle parked inside the building.

A few days later, Hammer’s TV Sales and Service was burglarize.

During the weekend of February 23 and 24, burglar(s) gained access through the back door of the business by knocking the door panels out.

The longtime owner of the business, Harold Hammer, found the damage when he arrived to open the store on Monday morning and contacted police.

The vandals pried open the cash register and took approximately $500 in cash leaving the register severely damaged and unusable.

If anyone has any information about these burglaries, please contact the Edmonton City Police Department.