![]() 15, Authorities confirm girl in viral TikTok video is not Cassie Compton 14, TikTok video goes viral after some say it may depict missing teen Cassie Compton National Missing and Unidentified Persons Registry, accessed Sept. 15, Police: Woman in TikTok video not missing Arkansas girl Cassie Compton The FBI and Stuttgart police concluded the video does not show Compton after investigating it and speaking with the woman in the video. We rate the claim that a TikTok video shows missing person Cassie Compton FALSE, based on our research. "Everybody wants answers and from all the investigating that the department has done, there just aren't any conclusive answers to give," Mahfouz said. There have been no updates on the case since the January investigation into the video.įact check: Viral posts falsely claim animals escaped zoo in New Jersey amid Ida "Big letdown for people around here that have really been wondering what's happening to her." It really got a lot of people's hopes up," Mahfouz said. ![]() Though disappointed by the finding, Mahfouz said local authorities continue to look for the missing girl. Mahfouz told USA TODAY that the Stuttgart Police Department, the FBI and the Arkansas State Police collaborated on an investigation into the video.Īfter locating and interviewing the young woman in the original TikTok video, authorities confirmed she was not Compton, the Stuttgart Daily Leader reported on Jan. And this is my phone and I am real and this is a real account.” USA TODAY reached out to Phillips for comment. 14, a young woman who identified herself as Haley Grace Phillips posted a story on Instagram saying that she was the person in the TikTok video and addressing questions about the bruises under her eyes, the Stuttgart Daily Leader reported. It even briefly convinced Compton's mother it was her, THV 11 reported. The video caught the attention of a private investigator who has long searched for Compton, according to Arkansas news station KATV. 13, when users began commenting that it showed Compton, the Stuttgart Daily Leader reported.Īccording to Mahfouz, the resemblance to Compton was uncanny. The TikTok video gained national attention on Jan. Multiple law enforcement agencies and the woman actually in the video confirmed the clip does not show Compton, Stuttgart police spokesperson John Eric Mahfouz told USA TODAY. ![]() ![]() Police said TikTok does not show Cassie Compton A spokesperson for the City of Stuttgart Police Department, which has led the investigation into Compton's disappearance, told USA TODAY that the case is still unsolved. However, several law enforcement agencies determined the video does not show Compton. 14.įact check: False claim that TV meteorologist was wearing an ankle monitor "She has been missing for a few days," a family member wrote of Phillips Facebook.Nearly 50,000 people have shared the post since it was first published on Jan. As some have pointed out on social media, her father believes the person to be Phillips, who reportedly went missing in Los Angeles, California. ![]() Meanwhile, the family of missing woman Haley Grace Phillips believe the person in the clip could be her instead of Compton. On the day Compton went missing in September 2014, she went to a demolition derby with a family friend, but when she returned home in the early evening she left just a few minutes later and hasn't been seen since. Arkansas State Police are also involved in the investigation, while FBI's Little Rock field office added, "We are following up on the video and taking all investigative steps, but we cannot say anything further at this time." "We have investigators working on this right now and can’t release any other information right now," said Stuttgart police chief Mark Duke in a statement. Private investigator Tina Storz says the girl in the clip looks a lot like Compton, but they were unable to confirm whether it was her or not. In the clip she has very dark marks under and around her eyes, staring at the camera as the men in the video speak to one another. It's now under investigation by authorities.ĪBC 7 reports that the video shows the girl, who has strikingly similiar eyes to Compton, sitting in the back seat of a car with two men. A TikTok video has begun circulating on Facebook and Twitter that appears to show Cassie Compton of Arkansas, who went missing over six years ago, when she was just 15 years old. ![]()
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