Couple in photo found in bar identified and not in any danger, Fort Worth police say
A couple who Fort Worth detectives had been searching for have been identified and they are safe, Fort Worth police said Friday.
Detectives had been searching for them after a photo of the couple was found at a Stockyards bar and someone had written a message on the back of it asking for help.
On Thursday, Fort Worth Officer Daniel Segura, a department spokesman, said that detectives were investigating the couple’s whereabouts and identities to determine if they were missing or were in any danger.
Detectives received a photo of the couple from an anonymous person. On Saturday, the photo was found in a tip jar at the Thirsty Armadillo with the words, “HELP HE has abducted me” written on the back, according to a police call log.
“We are doing the best we can to make sure they are OK or if this was just an unpleasant hoax,” Segura said in a Thursday email to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “Either way we don’t want to take any chances. They are NOT in any legal trouble. We are just concerned for their welfare.”
Detectives with the major case unit appealed for information on the two.
The couple may have been in the Stockyards on the weekend of Feb. 26 to Feb. 28 and then again on March 13, according to a Thursday afternoon post on the Fort Worth Police Department Facebook page.
