Mom to Missing NH Teen: 'Please Come Home for Christmas'

Zenya Hernandez, the mother of missing Conway teen Abigail Hernandez, released an open letter to her daughter on Thursday.

The letter, dated, Dec. 19, was released to the media by the Conway Police Department, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, New Hampshire State Police and the FBI. It was also posted on the website www.bringabbyhome.com.

In her letter, Zenya Hernandez thanks Abigail for sending her a letter to let her mother know that she is alive. Hernandez, 15, has been missing since Oct. 9.

"Your letter was the greatest gift I ever received. I thank God every day that you are alive," Zenya wrote. "I missing hearing your voice and your sense of humor.

"When I see you again we can start a new life, and all of this attention – all of this will be a thing of the past," Zenya added. "I will do whatever it takes. I just want to see you again."

She closed her letter with a plea to her daughter to "Please come home for Christmas!"

A PDF of the letter is attached above.