TYLER, Texas —
“When I see her, I'm going to hug her and never let her go," Shahida Martin said.
Shahidah and Elizabeth Miles are searching for answers in the case of their missing friend Lauren Thompson. A couple days before her disappearance... Elizabeth felt something was off.
"She just didn't know what to do. She was just worried. I could see it all over her. She just wasn't ok. Something was just up with her,” Elizabeth said.
911 operators in Panola County received a call last Thursday, from a woman believed to be Lauren saying she was being followed by someone in a wooded area.
Authorities say she seemed confused and disoriented. Once officers arrived to her general area, they found her car stuck in a ditch off of Farm to Market 1794.
Both friends say she has a history of mental illness and that she's made calls. Before to the police, scared that someone was after her.
However, in this situation, they believe, she didn't plan her escape.
"She didn't say anything about going anywhere, she didn't come up with a plan of no kind," Elizabeth said.
In an effort to spread the word, Shahidah is creating flyers, organizing search parties and contacting whoever she can who may have a missing piece to this puzzle.
She's asking for anyone with information to contact her through her Facebook page.
"There's a lot of people worried about her. And we love her."