Indiana cops launch desperate search for missing teenaged girl believed to be in 'extreme danger'

A statewide Silver Alert was issued in Indiana for a missing 14-year-old girl whose family say may be with an 18-year-old male and in 'extreme danger.'

Emily Barger, 14, was last seen around 1am in Georgetown, Indiana on Monday, March 6. 

Georgetown, Indiana is about a 20-minute drive away from Louisville, Kentucky.

On Tuesday, Barger's father, Shawn Barger, took to social media to ask for help locating his daughter. 

He said she may be in an 'older [possibly] Chevy truck with a loud exhaust and rusty body.'

On his Facebook page, he wrote: 'Emily Barger if you can see this in any way please come home you are in no trouble and I love and miss you very much.'

Emily Barger, 14, was last seen in the early hours of Monday morning in Georgetown, Indiana about 20 minutes away from Louisville, Kentucky

A recent picture of Emily posted by her family to Facebook. She was last seen on March 6

A statewide Silver Alert was issued on Tuesday March 7 and the Floyd County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help finding the missing teenager.

State police issued a statement describing the girl's physical features so that locating her may be made easier.

Barger is white, blonde, has blue eyes, is five feet tall and weighs 85 pounds. It is unknown what she was wearing at the time of her disappearance.

Silver Alerts are generally issued for adults with known cognitive or developmental disabilities. They are more commonly issued than Amber Alerts for missing people.

Georgetown, Indiana is about a 20-minute drive away from Louisville, Kentucky.

Posts from Barger's father and extended family allege that Barger is with a male companion. 

Her father plead with his daughter to make contact.

'You have tons of family and friends out looking for you wanting to get you home please go to a gas station anywhere and tell them you need to get home call the police or me or anyone just please get home I love you.'

Emily's father Shawn Berger posted on Facebook about his daughter's disappearance, begging anyone who may have information to get in contact

A Silver Alert was issued in Indiana for Barger - Amber Alerts connote kidnappings, though Silver Alerts are much more common in missing persons cases