News From Terre Haute, Indiana

March 15, 2010

Clinton teen reported missing from Parke County

Staff Writer
The Tribune-Star

ROCKVILLE — A Clinton teen has been missing from a Parke County foster home for a week.

Elaine Nicole “Nickie” Smith, 16, was last seen March 8 at a foster home in Rockville and is the subject of a missing person case in Parke County.

Her mother, Joanne Collings, has placed signs in the Clinton and Rockville areas asking anyone with information about her daughter to contact her.

“I just want some sign she’s OK,” her mother said.

Nickie attended school in Terre Haute a couple of years ago, and has friends in the Terre Haute, Clinton and Rockville areas. She is described as 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighing 112 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information about her location is asked to call the Parke County Sheriff’s Department at (765) 569-5413 or her mother at (765) 505-2203 or (812) 201-5420.