A photo of Colorado Springs teen Kara Nichols turned up on a Las Vegas website offering escorts, but it was not posted by the missing 19-year-old, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday evening.
“We have no confirmation that she is in Vegas.” El Paso County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Joe Roybal told the .
The picture of the aspiring model used on the adult services website was previously available on the Internet, officials said.
Nichols has been missing since Oct. 9. At a on Nov. 20 Sheriff Terry Maketa said the girl might have been taken advantage of because of her ambition to be a lingerie model.
Nichols was seen with two unidentified women on the day she was last seen by her parents, and she was on her way to Denver for a modeling job.
The picture and ad had been taken down by Tuesday afternoon. The same page advertised escort services allegedly for a pornographic movie actress.
Anyone with information about Nichols’ whereabouts can call the El Paso County Sheriff’s office at 719-390-5555 or send and e-mail to findkaranichols@gmail.com.
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