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Sarah Merrill fears her 14-year-old daughter, Ella Jones, left home to meet a man she met online. No one has heard from Ella since the Washington state teen vanished on Jan. 5. "I know something's really wrong," she tells Inside Edition Digital.

A Washington state mother is pleading for the public’s help to find her 14-year-old daughter, who left her a cryptic note saying she loved her and vanished three weeks ago after apparently meeting a man online.

The disappearance of a Mount Vernon teenager is shedding light on the dark side of online chat rooms. To prevent any family’s worst nightmare, experts encourage adults to start paying attention to changes in a child’s mood and behavior.

The teen's friends told her mother that she was speaking with a man on social media.

A Washington mother is asking for the public's help in finding her 14-year-old daughter, who is missing after apparently leaving home to meet a man she had been communicating with online.

Missing Washington girl Ella Jones was last seen at her Mount Vernon home on Jan. 5. Jones' mother believes she may be with an older man she met online.