Missing girl was best friend of teen found dead

Remember the story of Terressa Vanegas, the Dickinson High School student who disappeared on Halloween and whose body was later found in a field near the high school? The story just got a little weirder: It seems Vanegas' best friend, Kimberlee Ramsey of Bacliff, has been missing for a week and a half.

Ramsey was last seen leaving her home in the 4600 block of 7th Street in Bacliff the evening of Oct. 29. Interestingly enough, Ramsey and her family appeared on Dr. Phil to talk about the dangers of being a runaway; on the show, the family talked about a time when Ramsey ran away and didn't contact her parents for five weeks — that time, she ended up 2,000 miles from home. The problem, Ramsey said, was that her mom wouldn't let her marry her boyfriend — who mother Laura Ramsey said is already married. "I ran away because I didn’t feel like I belonged here," Kimberlee Ramsey said on the show. "My mom gave me her word that the day I turn 16 she would sign the papers over for me and him to get married, and now she’s going back on it. If they don’t sign the papers, I’m going to leave. Being here is ruining my life."

Ramsey was sent to the Aspen Achievement Academy for wilderness therapy, but Houston EquuSearch officials told the Chronicle that the treatment didn't work. Ramsey is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, about 155 pounds, with green eyes and brown hair with blond highlights. She was last seen wearing jeans, a blue football jersey and black house shoes. Anyone with information should call EquuSearch at 281.309.9500 or the Galveston County Sheriff's Office at 409.766.2322.