Tennessee Teen Megan Maxwell Missing

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Megan's car was found on fire hours after she went missing.

Tennessee teenager Megan Maxwell called a friend at 4:27 a.m. on April 26, 2009 to say she would be home soon, but she never made it.

Less than two hours later, at 6:10 a.m, an off-duty police officer discovered Megan's red 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse engulfed in flames.The car was totally destroyed.

Megan's friends describe her as a social butterfly. Now, her family and friends have teamed up with law enforcement to search the area near where Megan was last seen, and where her car was found near the French Broad River.

Cocke County High School released students from school to join in the search effort, but they found nothing.

Recently, Megan's mother reached out to the North Carolina based group, the CUE Center for Missing Persons, to aid in the search. CUE has brought in search teams from Missouri, Kentucky, and North Carolina, along with canine teams and sonar equipment.

Chief Maurice Shults was acquainted with Megan through her grandfather's work on the dive team rescue squad. He hopes they will find her alive and well soon, but he fears that time is not on their side.

Police are desperate to find Megan, and are asking the public for any clues that could lead to her whereabouts, before it's too late.

Megan was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue jeans with holes in the fabric.