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LEHI -- A Lehi woman says the man accused of running off with a 13-year-old Arizona girl made advances toward her daughter, too.
Felicity Wilkey describes 19-year-old Jordan Anthony as a dangerous predator. She says that same man currently evading police with 13-year-old Ashley Kingsbury from Tucson threatened her own teenage daughter just one day earlier.
"It was very alarming, disturbing," said father Ty Wilkey. "Of course, being the father, you get all this aggression."
Anthony left two profanity-filled messages left for the Wilkeys' 15-year-old daughter Sunday evening. The family was frightened enough it called the police.
"I was honestly scared, shaking, sick," Felicity Wilkey said. "My daughter wasn't home at the time. I called her and I just wanted her in the house. I was frightened."
Wilkey says her daughter became Facebook friends with Anthony a couple of months ago. Anthony said he wanted to date her daughter and several other girls ages 13 to 15.
When asked if she thinks Anthony is dangerous, Felicity Wilkey said yes, because of "the aggression in his message over someone telling him they don't want to go on a date with him."
When Wilkey's daughter and the other girls turned Anthony down, he got enraged.
At about the same time he left those messages, a police report shows Anthony was headed to Arizona to pick up Ashley Kingsbury, another Facebook friend.
"If I was that girl's mother I'd be concerned for her safety because if she does not go along with his wishes, his temper is proven," Felicity Wilkey said.
Neither Anthony or Kingsbury have been heard from since, but police were tracking them headed east.
Police think Kingsbury willingly met Anthony Monday but they aren't ruling out kidnapping, either.
KSL spoke with Anthony's Provo roommate, Karl Monson. He described Anthony as friendly and said he was trying to get his life together.
Monson said he was "shocked" to hear of the allegations, but then said Anthony had been acting erratically in recent weeks.
Monson added, "I never saw any flashes of temper, but I know he's had a past of having anger problems."
Monson said he believes Anthony might make threats, but doesn't think he would act on them.
Ty and Felicity Wilkey say they're glad their daughter felt comfortable enough to talk to them about her interaction with Anthony; this was going on with several girls at her school, as well.
Police and the FBI are aggressively working to locate the Anthony and Kingsbury.
E-mail: jboal@ksl.com
