Long Island father pleads for help finding missing teen daughter: 'There's no stopping until I find her'

LONG ISLAND - A Long Island father is speaking out after his teenage daughter went missing three weeks ago.

Surveillance video shows the last time Emmarae Gervasi walked out of her home in Patchogue back on Dec. 9, which was the last time that the 14-year-old was seen.

Her father Frank and stepmom Aly say they have no idea where their daughter might have gone or if she’s with anyone.

"When Aly went upstairs to look for something, she went into the car for look for it, and then she went out the gate," Frank said. "She left with no shoes on and it was pouring rain. It didn’t look like she was intending on leaving."

Emmarae struggled with drug addiction stemming from childhood trauma, but Frank and Aly said they thought she was on the right path. She has left home before, but never for this long.

Her court-monitored ankle bracelet was found cut off near their home.

"We're out looking for her until two or three o'clock in the morning," he said. "Every time the phone rings we think it's information for Emma or a tip, but it never is."

While Suffolk County police confirmed their investigation, Frank is following his own leads and spends his days desperately searching for his daughter. Community members are coming together to search for Emmarae on Tuesday afternoon.

"I got strangers calling us and saying ‘hey where could I drive around and look’ and that's amazing, because that's how we're gonna find her," he said. "We want to hear her voice again, We wanna see her we wanna know that she's OK."

The family is offering a $15,000 reward for the lead that brings Emmarae back, no questions asked.

"There’s no stopping until I find her and that's just the way it's gonna be," Frank said.