HAVRE, MONTANA: Alicia Navarro, who recently showed up after being missing for several years, has reportedly fled her Montana apartment with a bearded man twice her age. The 18-year-old walked into a police station in Havre on July 23, identifying herself as Alicia Navarro, and requested her details to be removed from the missing people list, nearly four years after she went missing from her parents' Glendale home.
On Tuesday, August 1, Navarro and the bearded man, identified as Eddie Davis, 26, quickly packed up their bags and cleared out their Havre apartment. Garrett Smith, who lives nearby the apartment, said that Davis’ alleged family helped the pair in clearing out the apartment, as per the NY Post. The duo apparently fled the flat in a dark-colored Mitsubishi Eclipse while family members were seen moving boxes into a 2000s Chevrolet Suburban. Navarro opened the car door herself and got inside on her own, Smith said, adding that he did notify the officials. "Her demeanor didn’t look any different from the last time I saw her. Just quiet, shy … Didn’t say a word, didn’t look down or look up. Just looked straight," the neighbor added.
Who is Eddie Davis?
The 36-year-old worked the night shift at a local Walmart store before he was let go several months ago. His co-worker, who wished to remain anonymous, said that Davis was often seen driving with a woman who appeared to be Navarro, as reported by The Post. "I could see it was a younger female with dark hair. She didn’t look scared or anything. She looked comfortable in the car," the co-worker noted. The relationship between Davis and Navarro is yet to be known, but officials confirmed that there is no evidence suggesting that he was involved in her initial disappearance.
A Glendale police spokesperson previously stated that they won't be able to stop Navarro as she is now an adult with the freedom to come and go as she pleases. "Alicia is an adult, so it will be her decision as to whether or not she remains in Montana, returns to Arizona, or goes elsewhere, regardless of the investigation," spokesperson Gina Winn wrote in an email to The Post. Navarro and Davis allegedly fled their apartment just a few days after the FBI conducted a raid at the same residence. Neighbors said they watched as FBI agents and officers from the Havre Police Department entered the apartment and reemerged with a man in handcuffs. Onlookers recalled Navarro hanging her head and covering her eyes as if she had been crying when officers escorted her out of the same flat.
'This is not a movie, this is our life'
Since her re-emergence, Navarro has spoken to her mother, Jessica Nunez, who mounted a huge nationwide search for her daughter over the last four years in an effort to find her. Reporting her missing in September 2019, Nunez described Navarro as a highly-functioning autistic child, who she feared had run away with someone she met online. In a recent Facebook video, the distraught mother pleaded for the public to "move on," even as questions remain about her daughter's disappearance. She expressed concern and said that the "search for answers has taken a turn for the dangerous," alleging that her family has been singled out since Navarro's reappearance.
"I have been harassed, my family has been attacked all over the Internet — the public has gone from trying to help Alicia to doing things like trying to show up to her house and putting her safety in jeopardy," Nunez claimed, adding, "So I beg you, please no more TikToks, no more reaching out to Alicia or me with your speculations or questions or assumptions. This is not a movie, this is our life, this is my daughter." She also expressed her gratitude towards everyone who has supported her since her daughter went missing in 2019, saying, "I could never have kept going without all of your love, help, and well wishes. I can't even put into words the amount of gratitude I have for you all," with tears in her eyes.
