JENNIFER MEE - HICCUP GIRL - MISSING

**UPDATE** 8:40 AM EST 6-12-2007

JENNIFER MEE BACK HOME AFTER RUNNING AWAY
By John Springer
TODAYShow.com contributor

The Florida girl known to the country as "hiccup girl" was found safe and sound Monday, a day after she apparently ran away from home because she was upset at mother and stepfather.

The St. Petersburg Times reported that family members found Jennifer Mee, 15, laying on a park bench crying Monday afternoon, hours after her mother, Rachel Robidoux, reported her missing to police. Robidoux told TODAYshow.com on Monday that Jennifer may have been upset because her cell phone was turned off for non-payment of charges.

"Physically, she's OK. She's just hungry, tired and thirsty," Chris Robidoux, Jennifer's stepfather, told the newspaper.

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HICCUP GIRL MISSING - MAYBE A RUNAWAY
By John Springer
TODAYShow.com contributor


JENNIFER MEE

The mother of the Florida girl treated earlier this year for chronic hiccuping reported the teenager missing to police Monday morning, about 11 hours after she was last seen.

Jennifer Mee, 15, was spotted at a friend’s house between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, about 12 hours after she left home without telling anyone where she was headed, her worried mother, Rachel Robidoux, told TODAYShow.com.

“She didn’t tell anyone at home she was leaving,” Robidoux said. “That’s not like her.” Family members circulated fliers and called all of Jennifer’s friends Monday with the hope that she was merely staying away from home because she was upset about something relatively minor that happened Saturday night, Robidoux said.

Jennifer was upset that her cell phone was turned off because Robidoux failed to pay the bill. When the teen left the house Sunday, after Robidoux left for work, Jennifer left the cell phone and her purse behind.

St. Petersburg Police spokesman George Kajtsa said the department is treating Jennifer as a runaway. He said Robidoux reported Jennifer as missing and a presumed runaway at 7:05 a.m. EDT on Monday, and never told the responding officer that Jennifer was upset about her cell phone being turned off.

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JENNIFER MEE - HICCUP GIRL BLOGCADRE

ST. PETERSBURG TIMES STORY ON JENNIFER MEE FROM 2-20-2007

-Let's all hope this one gets cleared up fast.