August 20th 2009
NEW YORK - The boyfriend of the Blairsville woman who police say was abducted while talking on her cell phone says he believes she is still alive.
Douglas Davis told NBC's ``Today'' show Thursday during an in-studio interview in New York that he believes 38-year-old Kristi Cornwell is OK because she is a ``fighter.''
Davis was talking to Cornwell on Aug. 11 when he overheard a struggle as she walked near her parents' home. Cornwell is the mother of a 15-year-old son and formerly worked as a probation officer.
Authorities called off the ground search for Cornwell Wednesday after nearly eight days of searching parts of a three-state area and the family has established a reward fund at a Blairsville bank. (See separate story.)
Davis urges his girlfriend to ``hang onto your faith'' and sent a message to whoever may have abducted her: ``Please release her, let her go.''
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