| Photo of Kara Alongi from her Twitter feed By Katherine Creag, NBCNewYork.com Police say they don't believe a missing New Jersey girl who tweeted that someone was in her home is in any physical danger, but her cry for help continues to draw global attention on Twitter. Kara Alongi gained thousands of followers after asking people on Twitter to call 911 Sunday because someone may be in her home. People re-tweeted her message and #helpfindkara trended on the social network. Police responded to Alongi's home on Hall Drive in Clark Sunday evening. When NBC 4 New York called the missing girl's home, someone quickly answered "no comment" and hung up. No one answered the door. Police Chief Alan Scherb said there was no sign of foul play in the 16-year-old's Clark home, but Alongi remains missing. "She is currently still missing, but we are confident she left voluntarily," Scherb told Patch. "No abduction, no foul play. We are investigating this as a missing runaway juvenile." Twitter users worldwide tweeted messages of good will to Alongi overnight. Many said they were frightened to think about what could have happened to her. Others were skeptical about her pleas for help, pointing to a tweet that allegedly popped up on Alongi's account saying: "Why is everyone saying I'm missing? I was jkin haha" -- and was deleted a short time later. The investigation is ongoing. More content from NBCNews.com:
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10/01/2012
Police: No foul play in missing NJ teen Kara Alongi case
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