WI SOPHIA FRANKLIN: Missing from Beaver Dam, WI - 2 Feb 2025 - Age 16 *Found Safe*

Amber Alert issued for pregnant teenager suspected to be with 40-year-old man

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 16-year-old.

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Amber Alert issued for pregnant teenager suspected to be with 40-year-old man​

An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant teenager who is believed to be with a 40-year-old man.

Sophia Franklin, 16, was last seen Sunday night at her home in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. She is three months pregnant.

Authorities believe she is with 40-year-old Gary F. Day, who is the father of Sophia’s unborn child. He was last seen at Sophia’s home Monday morning.

Day and Sophia have a no-contact order.

They are believed to be traveling in a 2014 model black Buick LaCrosse with Arkansas license plate BBR 20L.



MEDIA - SOPHIA FRANKLIN: Missing from Beaver Dam, WI - 2 Feb 2025 - Age 16

 

[Tresir]

So she claims she had nowhere to go? That she was "kicked out" ?

 

[GrandmaBear]

I think they are talking about this time, their car broke down in another state and they were also traveling it seemed with a truck driver, they weren't only in the state they were found in this time, they'd been a lot further away in the time missing. It is above somewhere.

 

[GrandmaBear]

So she claims she had nowhere to go? That she was "kicked out" ?

so it sounds the defense claims, can see where that is going. and that she called him. doesn't excuse a grown man having sex with an underaged girl even if true although she well could have been willing, still wrong.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Arraignment pushed back for man accused of abducting Beaver Dam teen

The hearing was rescheduled for 1:30 p.m. on June 17.

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Arraignment pushed back for man accused of abducting Beaver Dam teen​

Arraignment for the man accused of abducting a pregnant Beaver Dam teenager was pushed back by two weeks, online court records show Wednesday.

Gary Day was expected to be in court on Tuesday to make his plea in the abduction of Sophia Franklin. The hearing was rescheduled for 1:30 p.m. on June 17.

 

[GrandmaBear]

While I am sorry for all victims, this one ended up alive and was it seemed somewhat willing.

When I come back from a case like reading about the three little girls to see a two week delay on this one, it doesn't seem like huge news. At least it wasn't pushed out months.

I hope she's learned a lesson and is getting some help to teach adult lessons to her. I trust and hope so far he will get what he has coming to him.

 

[Takeitfromme]

While I am sorry for all victims, this one ended up alive and was it seemed somewhat willing.

When I come back from a case like reading about the three little girls to see a two week delay on this one, it doesn't seem like huge news. At least it wasn't pushed out months.

I hope she's learned a lesson and is getting some help to teach adult lessons to her. I trust and hope so far he will get what he has coming to him.

I hope she and her family get the RIGHT kind of help for their situation..... For now we know she is safe, can receive proper prenatal care for her baby and proper nutrition and hopefully comfort

 

[RoundPeg]

While I am sorry for all victims, this one ended up alive and was it seemed somewhat willing.

When I come back from a case like reading about the three little girls to see a two week delay on this one, it doesn't seem like huge news. At least it wasn't pushed out months.

I hope she's learned a lesson and is getting some help to teach adult lessons to her. I trust and hope so far he will get what he has coming to him.

I don’t think she has learned a thing. We all know she was at the courthouse at his last hearing.

 

[Kimster]

I don’t think she has learned a thing. We all know she was at the courthouse at his last hearing.

I think it’s sad because she’s pregnant with his child and she’s going to have a link with him the rest of her life.

 

[Takeitfromme]

I think it’s sad because she’s pregnant with his child and she’s going to have a link with him the rest of her life.

hopefully because he is a convicted pedo and with these charges..... not only will he hopefully be incarcerated for life..... if he isnt hopefully a court will prevent him from being around her or the baby.... AND hopefully she WONT take off with him and the baby

 

[GrandmaBear]

I hope she and her family get the RIGHT kind of help for their situation..... For now we know she is safe, can receive proper prenatal care for her baby and proper nutrition and hopefully comfort

Yes so long as she is somewhat compliant, stays at home and so on.

Any case where the victim is found alive is a good outcome imo. I just think she's got a road ahead of her and she needs to face it and deal with it. Then there are trials, etc. coming with him that she likely be called as a witness for. And the baby is going to be a reality and he is the father.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I don’t think she has learned a thing. We all know she was at the courthouse at his last hearing.

Yeah to my knowledge she has never come back with her seeking to either. Not sure if I knew she was there at the hearing, do you mean without accompanying her parents to like see to it he stays in jail? She went for him?

 

[GrandmaBear]

And I wouldn't count on that she has learned a thing either. She better wake up with a baby coming.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I think it’s sad because she’s pregnant with his child and she’s going to have a link with him the rest of her life.

If he gets put away for say 30 to 40 years or however long, the child maybe will be able to be raised without him a part of its life. However yes there will always be that tie. Any parent like many of us knows that very well.

 

[GrandmaBear]

hopefully because he is a convicted pedo and with these charges..... not only will he hopefully be incarcerated for life..... if he isnt hopefully a court will prevent him from being around her or the baby.... AND hopefully she WONT take off with him and the baby

I think they are aiming to keep him in jail, and then get him imprisoned for as long as possible. Let's hope it works out that way.

If she doesn't start getting a clue, I think she will leave at 18 if not before. She doesn't have a clue though of trying to like work and support a baby or putting a roof over her own head, much less providing for a baby.

Time will tell i guess, not that we will necessarily hear about it.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Man accused of kidnapping pregnant Beaver Dam teen requests a delay for his federal case

The man accused of kidnapping a pregnant Wisconsin teen is asking for a delay in his federal case.

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Man accused of kidnapping pregnant Beaver Dam teen requests a delay for his federal case​

The man accused of kidnapping a pregnant Wisconsin teen is asking for a delay in his federal case.

Gary Day is charged in U.S. district court in eastern Arkansas with six crimes, including transporting a child for sex and child pornography.

In a court filing, Day’s attorney said they need more time to prepare before the federal trial begins July 11.

He’s still in a Wisconsin jail on a $2 million bond.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Poor him, poor them. Delay, delay, delay.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Arkansas man accused of abducting Beaver Dam teen pleads not guilty

The Arkansas man accused in the abduction of a pregnant teen from Beaver Dam pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Dodge County Court.

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Arkansas man accused of abducting Beaver Dam teen pleads not guilty​

The Arkansas man accused in the abduction of a pregnant teen from Beaver Dam pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Dodge County Court.

An arraignment hearing was held at 1:30 p.m. for Gary Day.

Day is charged with two alleged counts of child abduction and two counts of child enticement.

A telephone scheduling conference is set for Oct. 7.

The federal trial for Day, which was expected to begin July 11, has been pushed back to September.

Day, 40, was indicted on federal charges of having sex with a person age 16 or younger, transporting a child for the purpose of sex and four other counts including child pornography.