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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12656918" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lateche-norris" source="Orion">Lateche Norris</keyword>, a 20-year-old from Indiana, <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-indiana-woman-lateche-norris-found-safe-in-california-2021-12">was found safe in California</a> after being missing for a month.</li><li>Norris told <a href="https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/indiana-woman-opens-up-about-going-missing-in-san-diego-lateche-norris/509-b431e884-2466-4df7-9d1e-8b9045b3cc11">CBS 8</a> that she and her boyfriend were living near San Diego and were homeless.</li></ul>A missing Indiana <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-indiana-woman-lateche-norris-found-safe-in-california-2021-12">woman who was found safe last week</a> said she didn't make contact with her family for a month because she was experiencing homelessness. Lateche Norris, 20, traveled to San Diego, <keyword id="11892889" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="california" source="Orion">California</keyword> on November 1 to visit her boyfriend, Joey Smith, 25. Norris called her mother from an unknown number on November 5, but that was the last she was heard from for a month. "We had been staying in Chula Vista on the side of the highway where there's absolutely no people and no resources," Norris told <a href="https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/indiana-woman-opens-up-about-going-missing-in-san-diego-lateche-norris/509-b431e884-2466-4df7-9d1e-8b9045b3cc11">CBS 8</a>, sitting alongside Smith and her mother, Cheryl Walker. "It's very tough being homeless out here, figuring out how are we going to eat today, how are we going to just live day to day and survive."Norris' father, Walter Omega Cullum, told Insider that Norris saw a flyer about her disappearance and called her mother. "Both of them found each other. Teche called her, texted her, she'd seen a flyer or something in Chula Vista right outside of San Diego," Cullum told Insider. "She came up to San Diego or something to use the library and seen all the fliers."<div type="image" title="A missing person leaflet for Lateche Norris, with several photographs, personal details and details of her disappearance" height="2667" width="2000" msid="88153810" hostid="261"></div>Norris contacted her mother on December 3 using a borrowed cell phone, she told CBS."I was just sitting there, and I got a text and I saw it, and it just said, 'Hey mama. It's Teche,'" Walker told CBS 8. "Honestly, I didn't even read the rest of it. I just hit dial and called her and told her we were here.""I don't think she knew what to feel at that moment, but there was a lot of tears, but definitely happy that she didn't have to see the worst happen," Norris said.<h2>A vindicated boyfriend </h2>Prior to locating her daughter, Walker said she was worried because Smith was "troubled" and had a history of drug addiction, <a href="https://www.insider.com/lateche-norris-missing-after-visit-boyfriend-san-diego-2021-12">Insider's Mia Jankowicz reported</a>. <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-indiana-woman-lateche-norris-found-safe-in-california-2021-12">After finding her daughter</a>, Walker, in a since-deleted Facebook post, said, "I feel it's imperative to state that Joey hasn't hurt her."Norris echoed the sentiment to CBS, saying she's alive and well because of her boyfriend. She said Smith traveled to San Diego seeking a rehabilitation facility but was denied, leaving him homeless."Joey's probably the reason that I have been able to be found safe," Norris said. "He's never, ever put me in any physical harm at all."The couple is planning to move back to Indiana where Smith said he has a job offer lined up to help him get back on his feet. "I have never been a danger or a harm to Teche, and I will always put her first," Smith said. "So whatever she wants to do and whatever's gonna be best for us as a couple, I will do." "We definitely have things to learn from, but we are open to learning. We recognize our mistakes, and we do genuinely love each other," Norris said. <h2>Accusations against the family's GoFundMe </h2>Norris's mother had organized a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/find-lateche-norris">GoFundMe</a> as she attempted to locate her daughter. After Norris was found, Walker said people accused her of scamming people with the fundraiser that had raised over $7,000 as of Tuesday. "We were attacked by this podcaster on Twitter who elicited an army to say that this was all a scam," Walker told CBS. "So the GoFundMe is locked down. We're now stranded here. We can't even fly ourselves home." GoFundMe did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Podcaster Andy Signore released an <a href="https://twitter.com/andysignore/status/1467915419948363781?s=20">episode</a> titled "Was Lateche Norris Missing Report a HOAX?!" that garnered over 18,000 views on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KLxtbIFZho">YouTube</a>. "Apparently some cowards on Twitter who pretend to be advocates and a small hand full of trolls...are insinuating that this was a scam," Walker wrote in an update to the GoFundMe accusations, adding that she is no longer asking for donations. "I'm leaving this campaign open for the time being, because I've had people asking what Lateche needs," Walker added.

Lateche Norris, who was found safe after she was reported missing, said she and her boyfriend were homeless in California

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12656918" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lateche-norris" source="Orion">Lateche Norris</keyword>, 20, was found safely in <keyword id="11892889" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="california" source="Orion">California</keyword> after being missing for a month.</li><li>Norris' mother has made physical contact with both Norris and her boyfriend, Joey Smith, she shared on Facebook.</li></ul>A missing Indiana woman has been found safe along with her boyfriend in California, her family says. Lateche Norris, 20, was found safe after she was missing for a month, her father, Walter Omega Cullum, confirmed to Insider. A statement by A Voice for the Voiceless, an organization that advocates for missing persons, said Norris' mother, Cheryl Walker, has located Lateche as well as her boyfriend, Joseph Smith."Lateche Norris and Joey Smith have been located and are SAFE. Cheryl, Lateche's mom has made physical contact with the two of them here in California. Thank you for everyone's concern and assistance in finding Teche," reads the statement, which was shared by Walker. "Because of you, a mother has been reunited with her mini-me."The San Diego Police Department is waiting for "confirmed information" before they release a statement about Norris being located, Lt. Adam Sharki told Insider. "I do want to state one thing in the mean time while we take a moment to process," Walker said on <a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4509838522403173&amp;id=100001312096775&amp;m_entstream_source=timeline">Facebook</a>. "I feel it's imperative to state that Joey hasn't hurt her and while we do ask everyone respect our privacy it was necessary to immediately confirm this since he's being compared to Brian Laundrie." Norris's disappearance has gained national attention, including from Joe Petito, whose 23-year-old daughter Gabby Petito was found dead following a road trip with her fiancé <a href="https://www.insider.com/brian-laundrie-died-by-suicide-lawyer-says-2021-11">Brian Laundrie</a> earlier this year, <a href="https://www.insider.com/lateche-norris-missing-after-visit-boyfriend-san-diego-2021-12">Insider's Mia Jankowicz reported</a>. Norris flew to San Diego see Smith on November 1, and she made a phone call to her mother on November 5 but was not heard from for weeks after, her family previously said. In the phone call, which was made from an unknown number, Norris told her mother that she and Smith had fought "for hours" the night before. Norris had promised to call back but never did, <a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4486245824762443&amp;id=100001312096775&amp;m_entstream_source=contextual_profile_feed">according to a November 27 Facebook post by Walker</a>. Walker called her daughter's boyfriend "troubled," adding on Facebook that he struggles with addiction and had previously kept Norris from contacting her family. "He can't just let her breathe! This is the guy who keeps breaking her phones! This is the guy who was making her commit to 'phone free weekends' over the summer in Santa Cruz," Walker said. The family recently said they were sent a ransom note asking for $7,000, <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-woman-lateche-norris-mother-purported-ransom-note-2021-12">Insider's Rebecca Cohen reported</a>. They paid the ransom, although there were concerns about its legitimacy. On Thursday, the San Diego Police Department <a href="https://www.insider.com/lateche-norris-police-release-video-norris-boyfriend-7-eleven-2021-12?utm_campaign=sf-insider-presents&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;fbclid=IwAR0l0kfAFMyKftQyA6etzQtMLsK2Mpo96F3DpWmR46bYbZyCddVe4UQSTvs">released surveillance footage of Norris</a> and Smith prior to their disappearance. While they deemed Norris "at risk," they said at the time they had no evidence that she was the victim of a crime.Rebecca Cohen contributed to this report.

Missing Indiana woman Lateche Norris has been found safe in California, her family says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Police have shared two surveillance videos of the missing woman <keyword id="12656918" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lateche-norris" source="Orion">Lateche Norris</keyword> and her boyfriend.</li><li>The couple were seen in a 7-Eleven on November 4, five days before Norris was reported missing. </li></ul>The <keyword id="11947994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="san-diego" source="Orion">San Diego</keyword> police released on Thursday two surveillance videos of the last time the missing 20-year-old Lateche Norris was seen in public, when she and her boyfriend visited a San Diego 7-Eleven on November 4.Norris was reported missing by her family five days later. She had flown from Indiana to see her boyfriend, Joseph Smith, in San Diego on November 1. Norris' mother Cheryl Walker <a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4486245824762443&amp;id=100001312096775&amp;m_entstream_source=contextual_profile_feed">wrote in a Facebook post</a> that she last spoke to her daughter on November 5, the day after the pair were seen in the store. Norris told her mother that she and Smith had an argument, Walker wrote.Neither Norris nor Smith have been seen in public since. The police said on November 20 that they considered Norris "at risk," but said there was no evidence that she has been the victim of a crime.The police released the surveillance footage on Thursday with descriptions of both Norris and Smith.The first of the videos shows Norris and Smith entering the store on 222 Park Boulevard, in downtown San Diego at around 11:25 p.m..Norris walks in first, one hand in her pocket, while Smith appears to be gesturing and talking to someone outside from the doorway before following Norris in. Footage from above the counter then shows Smith appear to ask a question to the store worker, with Norris seated nearby. The pair is then seen leaving.Norris is wearing khaki pants and a hooded sweatshirt, and both she and Smith are wearing backpacks. <div type="image" title="Lateche Norris" height="1000" width="2000" msid="88072878" hostid="261"></div>Norris' father, Walter Omega Cullum, said Walker — Norris' mother — was sent a purported ransom notes demanding $7,000 soon after Norris vanished, <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-woman-lateche-norris-mother-purported-ransom-note-2021-12">as Insider's Rebecca Cohen reported</a>. Walker, who flew to San Diego on November 25 to search for Norris, has brought widespread attention to her daughter's case through social media.On Monday, Joseph Petito — the father of Gabby Petito — shared Norris' missing-person flyer, urging people to help find her.

San Diego PD released footage of the last time Lateche Norris was seen in public, in a 7-Eleven with her boyfriend

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12656918" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lateche-norris" source="Orion">Lateche Norris</keyword>' mom was sent a purported ransom note asking for $7,000, the missing woman's father said.</li><li>Norris' mom last heard from her on November 5 when she called from a stranger's phone at a 7-Eleven in San Diego.</li></ul>Missing woman Lateche Norris' mom was sent a purported ransom note asking for $7,000, Norris' father told Insider. Days after the family filed a <keyword id="11985109" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="missing-person" source="Orion">missing person</keyword> report for Norris on November 9, Norris' mother received a note via a text message from an unknown number, her father told Insider."It was like, 'If you want to see your daughter again, send me $7,000,' " her father, Walter Omega Cullum, said. Norris' mother, Cheryl Walker, replied to the note and asked the person to provide proof that Norris was safe and alive.The sender never responded, Cullum said. After receiving the alleged ransom note, the family contacted the San Diego Police Department, Cullum said. San Diego police wouldn't comment specifically about the ransom note, citing the ongoing nature of the case, but said that they are following every lead and have been since the missing person report was filed. "What we need is more tips and leads that ultimately are going to lead us to her" Adam Sharki, a Public Information Officer with the San Diego Police Department, told Insider. Norris has been missing since November 5, when she called her mother from a stranger's phone at a 7-Eleven in San Diego, <keyword id="11892889" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="california" source="Orion">California</keyword>.Norris had flown to San Diego to live with her boyfriend, Joseph "Joey" Smith on November 1, her family said.In the November 5 phone call to her mother, Norris said she had been fighting with Smith "for hours" the night before, according to her parents. Norris also promised to call her mom back, but never did. "I will Momma, I promise, I love you more," is the last thing Norris said to her mother, according to <a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4486245824762443&amp;id=100001312096775&amp;m_entstream_source=contextual_profile_feed">a November 27 Facebook post by Walker</a>. Since the disappearance family has put out missing posters and has tried to publicize the case on social media. On Monday, Joseph Petito — the father of slain missing woman Gabby Petito — called on his followers to help find Lateche. San Diego police said in a statement that Norris has been considered an "at-risk missing person" as of November 20. The police department said in their statement that they have no indication yet that Norris is the victim of a crime.The department also said its officers have done three weeks of "extensive investigative work in trying to find her."Cullum said that after Walker went to the police, she then reached out to the FBI. Cullum said the FBI told the family that the ransom was "fake." "What's fake to you is real to other people," Cullum told Insider.Insider contacted a representative for the FBI, though they did not immediately provide a response to the family's claims.Walker has publicly alleged Norris' boyfriend, Smith, was "troubled" and had a history of drug addiction. The couple's neighbors in San Diego told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zLXTGKCnfw">CBS 8 San Diego</a> Norris had tried to support Smith during his addiction. No one has heard from Smith since November 5, either.

Missing woman Lateche Norris' mother was sent purported ransom note demanding $7,000, family says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An <keyword id="11896862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="indiana" source="Orion">Indiana</keyword> woman has vanished for nearly a month following a trip to see her boyfriend.</li><li><keyword id="12656918" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lateche-norris" source="Orion">Lateche Norris</keyword>, 20, was last heard from after fighting with Joseph Smith in <keyword id="11947994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="san-diego" source="Orion">San Diego</keyword>.</li></ul>A 20-year-old Indiana woman has been missing for a month after she flew to see her boyfriend in San Diego, according to multiple reports. Lateche Norris flew to see Joseph "Joey" Smith on November 1 and has not been heard from since a phone call to her mother, Cheryl Walker, four days later, <a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4486245824762443&amp;id=100001312096775&amp;m_entstream_source=contextual_profile_feed">according to a November 27 Facebook post by Walker</a>. In the call, which was made from an unknown number, Norris told her mother that they had fought "for hours" the night before. Norris had promised to call back, but uncharacteristically did not, Walker wrote on Facebook."I will Momma, I promise, I love you more," is the last thing Walker said her daughter said to her. The San Diego Police Department declared Norris "at risk" in a Tuesday statement emailed to Insider. Norris was last seen at a 7-11 the night before she called her mom, the outlet reported. <h2>Norris' mom calls boyfriend 'troubled'</h2>Norris had long tried to support her boyfriend during his addiction to opiates, a former neighbor of the couple <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zLXTGKCnfw">told CBS 8 San Diego</a>. According to the neighbor, who was not named, he had been in and out of recovery and credited Norris with his survival. Walker, Norris' mother, flew to San Diego on November 25 to distribute flyers and to desperately seek any sign of the pair, she wrote on Facebook.She told NBC San Diego in an interview published Tuesday that she didn't want to unfairly implicate Smith.However, in the Facebook post published three days earlier, she said she was angry at how Smith persuaded Norris to join him in San Diego, and called him "troubled.""I heard the picture he painted her over the phone, 'It's so nice, we'll get a tent and stay on the beach a few days' until he started his new construction job," wrote Walker in the post. In her Facebook post, Walker described a controlling relationship between Smith and her daughter, suggesting that he was the person keeping Norris from getting in touch."He can't just let her breathe! This is the guy who keeps breaking her phones! This is the guy who was making her commit to 'phone free weekends' over the summer in Santa Cruz." Smith has a criminal record for arson, vandalism, and drug possession in his hometown of Los Aptos, CBS8 San Diego reported.<h2>Comparisons to Gabby Petito</h2>Norris's disappearance has gained national attention, including from Joe Petito, whose 23-year-old daughter Gabby Petito was found dead following a road trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie earlier this year.Walker also wrote on Facebook: "My daughter is just as important as Gabby Petito," describing Norris as an empathetic "ally" and "advocate" who cares more for helping people than for "prom or homecoming.""She'll jump in the fire for those she loves with no regard for herself because she thinks she'll be fine!" Walker wrote.

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