By ERICA ESTEP
6 News Anc
Anchor/Reporter
June 5, 2009NEWPORT (WATE) -- The search for a missing Cocke County teen is intensifying as her mother struggles to piece together the clues to find her.
19-year-old Megan Maxwell has been missing for more than a month. Her mother Lisa Maxwell says there are no new leads. "Not knowing, not knowing keeps you up at night," says Maxwell. "You can't concentrate on anything else. It never leaves your mind and it's just the not knowing and that is why we've got to find Megan."
Saturday a national search team will be combing Douglas Lake in Jefferson County using boats with sonar equipment and even cadaver dogs. They will be looking for Megan Maxwell's body, a difficult thought for her mother, but she's thankful for the help.
"Either way we have to find her," says Lisa Maxwell, "She's been missing, Sunday will be six weeks."
The search of Douglas Lake will focus on the outskirts of the lake, the cove areas where a body could easily become trapped if it surfaces.
The lake covers more than 30,000 acres. The search could take days.
Meanwhile, the prime suspect, Jeffery Stock has not been charged, but Megan's mother feels he's responsible. "I know he is," she says. "I know he is. That's why we've got to find Megan and prove it so he gets what he deserves."
The night Megan disappeared, her mom says Jeffery Stock was at Megan's father's home. "She had gotten a phone call saying something was going on at her dad's, the police were at her daddy's, so she got out of bed to go check on him," recalls Lisa.
Lisa says Stock and Megan's father were friends. That night she says the two were arguing over Stock's truck that Mr. Maxwell had towed. Lisa says Stock was there when Megan left to return home. An hour and a half later Megan's car was found burned alongside the highway.
Stock has a lengthy criminal history and he's a registered sex offender. He currently being held in the Cocke County jail on un-related charges.
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