Key Takeaways
- Fake news of missing 15-year-old Elizabeth Rhodes spreads across the internet.
- The online fake news uses pictures of Tennessee’s native Blasia Lackey regarding her as Elizabeth Rhodes.
The news of Elizabeth Rhodes, a 15-year-old teen missing, has been swirling all over the internet, raising concerns among people.
According to some social media reports, the 15-year-old Elizabeth Rhodes, who stands at a height of 5’3”, has been missing since April 1st, 2025.
Although many are expressing their concern and sending prayers for Elizabeth Rhodes’s safe return, the news is fake and a scam.
Fact Check: Posts About 'Missing Daughter' Blasia Lackey Are SCAMS https://t.co/9vFBj55PWb
— Lead Stories (@LeadStoriesCom) March 31, 2025
Additionally, several groups are sharing pictures of a young girl, Blasia Lackey, while falsely claiming she is the missing girl, Elizabeth Rhodes, whom they allege is their daughter.
While some false reports claim that the girl is from Lake Ozark, others assert that she is from Ashland.
Addressing the ongoing fake missing news of Elizabeth, one Facebook user wrote:
“This is a scam, Elizabeth Rhodes is not her name, Blasia Lackey has been found and is safe, went missing in another state on Oct 2024.”
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Blasia Lackey Addresses The Fake Elizabeth Rhodes Missing News
Blasia Lackey took to social media to address the viral fake missing news about Elizabeth Rhodes, which misuses her pictures.
Moreover, on March 22, 2025, she posted on her Facebook page asking people how to make her profile private, as people were stealing her pictures and posting them everywhere.
URGENT ATTEMPT TO LOCATE‼️
— A Voice For The Voiceless (@AwarenessTCS) November 11, 2024
🚨 URGENT: MISSING YOUNG WOMAN IN CRISIS – BLASIA DAWN LACKEY, ONEIDA, TENNESSEE 🚨
We need your help finding 20-year-old Blasia Dawn Lackey from Oneida, Tennessee, who recently posted on social media expressing suicidal thoughts. Blasia was last… pic.twitter.com/NnCjTNqTWf
Blasia further added that people are using her picture and posting it everywhere, saying she is their 15-year-old daughter.
She also stated that she is not 15 but 21 years old and that this fake news has been going on for several months, but she ignored it.
Now it has started getting scary as people from different states have done it.
Blasia Lackey, a native of Oneida, Tennessee, indeed went missing, but it was months ago, in November 2024, after expressing concerning thoughts on social media.
However, she was found safe.
Moreover, Blasia Lackey is a registered dental assistant at Pristine Smiles Dental Clinic.
She was in the cheerleading team at Oneida High School in Tennessee.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Blasia Lackey has two sisters, Kaila Strunk and Dacia Gibson. She is also the proud aunt of several nieces and nephews.
- She was born to mother Bridget Stephens, and very little information about her father is available.
