7 Gallery: Jessica Heeringa, missing from Exxon gas station in Norton Shores 
 
 NORTON SHORES, MI – The owner of the Exxon Mobil gas station in Norton Shores where 25-year-old night clerk, Jessica Heeringa , was allegedly abducted on Friday has declined to speak of the incident “under the advisement of an attorney.” 
 
 The man, who declined to give his name, asked members of the media to leave his property and declined to give any information regarding the incident. When asked about the case, the owner replied: "No comment." 
 
 
 
 Police say the young mother was allegedly abducted from the station shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday when Heeringa was working alone. 
 
 The owner said he isn't speaking about the incident "under the advisement of an attorney." 
 
 
 
 A flier with details of Heeringa’s disappearance was posted on the front door of the building. 
 
 But the owner isn’t doing enough, according to Heeringa’s friends and family members who rallied outside the building early Monday morning, but were also asked to leave the property. 
 
 “He’s been difficult lately,” said Shelly Heeringa, Jessica’s mother. She said she’s upset her daughter was working alone at night, in a building that did not have surveillance video at the time of the incident. 
 
 The owner declined to say whether he now has surveillance equipment installed. 
 
 Shelly Heeringa said she feels the lack of security cameras inside and outside the building made it the “perfect place” for someone to abduct a young woman. 
 
 “I feel like it was someone watching the place. I think it’s the perfect place with no security and no security cameras,” she said. 
 
 A longtime friend of Jessica Heeringa's, Ann Averill, said she thinks the owner should do more to bring attention to the alleged abduction, help search for her and offer reward money. 
 
 “You think since he knew her he would at least put up more posters,” she said. 
 
 Police said Heeringa’s alleged abduction came to light after customers had called 911 after entering the store and finding no employees present. 
 
 Investigators are currently searching for a silver minivan, possibly a Chrysler Town & Country, that was last seen in the area prior to Heeringa’s disappearance. The evidence is based on a passerby observing the car parked near the gas station and driving away, police said. 
 
 The driver is described as a white male, approximately 30 to 40 years old, 6 feet tall, medium to heavy build with broad shoulders, light brown or sandy blond wavy hair parted in the middle and slightly longer on top. He was last seen wearing a bright red or orange sweatshirt, police said. 
 
 Heeringa is described as a white female, 5 feet 1 inch tall, about 110 pounds, with blond, shoulder-length hair and blue eyes. Heeringa is also known to wear wired rim glasses. She may be wearing a blue collared shirt with “Sternberg Exxon" on it, the police chief said. 
 
 Anyone who may have tips to contact Silent Observer at 231-72-CRIME (231-722-7463) or call 911. 
 
 A task force of investigators from the Norton Shores Police Department, Michigan State Police, Muskegon County Sheriff's Office, Muskegon Police Department and Muskegon County Prosecutor’s Office are all investigating the case. The FBI has also been contacted. 
 
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 ||||| NORTON SHORES, Mich. — A minivan and a white male are now being sought in the abduction case of a Norton Shores mother. 
 
 Jessica Heeringa, 25, went missing around 11:15 p.m. Friday, just as she was finishing her shift at the Exxon Mobil gas station on E. Sternberg Road. 
 
 Authorities are now looking for a silver minivan, possibly a Chrysler Town & Country, that could be involved. 
 
 “A passerby had observed this vehicle near the store, parked near the store, and observed the vehicle driving away,” Norton Shores Police Chief Dan Shaw said. 
 
 Police are also looking for a white male between 30 and 40 years old, medium to heavy build with broad shoulders and with light brown or sandy blonde hair. 
 
 Police say the station did not have security cameras at the time of the incident. “We all were well aware that there were no cameras, and we would be working alone,” Kristen Wilder, a co-worker, posted on Facebook Sunday. 
 
 Heeringa was working by herself. 
 
 FOX 17 went into the store on Sunday and saw that cameras had been installed since the abduction. 
 
 There’s a chance Heeringa knows her abductor. Investigators say no money was taken from the store’s cash register, and Heeringa’s possessions were untouched. 
 
 “As a store clerk, she has contact with a lot of people,” Shaw said. “Most of the people who have talked to us so far have indicated that she’s a very pleasant person – very sociable – so she engages in conversation with all of her customers. So, it’s very possible that she may have known this person.” 
 
 Wilder agreed on Facebook, citing that the store typically has the same customers regularly: “This was also NOT just some random person that took her,” she posted. “It was someone she knew.” 
 
 Heeringa is 5-foot-1 and 110 pounds. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and occasionally wears wire-frame glasses. She could also be wearing a blue “Sternberg Exxon” polo shirt – the one she would have been wearing while at work that night. 
 
 If you have any information about events that led to Heeringa’s abduction or any leads in the case, contact Silent Observer at 231-722-CRIME or the Norton Shores Police Department at 231-733-2691. ||||| This undated photo released by police in Norton Shores, Mich., shows Jessica Heeringa, 25, who apparently was abducted Friday, April 26, 2013, from the Exxon Mobil gas station where she worked as a clerk... (Associated Press) 
 
 Several friends and acquaintances of a petite 25-year-old gas station clerk who went missing while working the night shift have been ruled out in her disappearance, which western Michigan investigators are treating as an abduction, the local police chief said Monday. 
 
 Police have frustratingly little evidence as they search for Jessica Heeringa, who disappeared Friday night shortly before the young mother was set to close an Exxon Mobil gas station in Norton Shores. The station didn't have a security camera and there were no signs of a struggle or robbery, though police have released a description of a vehicle and a man seen in the area. 
 
 Norton Shores Police Chief Daniel Shaw said relatives, friends and other people associated with Heeringa have been interviewed, and that investigators are "no longer really concerned with their activities from that night." 
 
 "We're moving on, trying to find other people," Shaw said. 
 
 Customers called police after finding the gas station open but no employees around. Investigators later found Herringa's purse and other personal belongings in the station, and the cash register untouched. Police described Herringa as 5-foot-1 and about 110 pounds. 
 
 "There's no sign of a struggle, no sign of anything inside the store being disturbed," Shaw said. "The cash drawer was sitting out and no money was missing. Her purse was in the store with 400-some dollars in it. It's just odd how that occurred." 
 
 Shaw said nearly two dozen law enforcement officials are following leads. The police chief described the city, home to about 24,000 people on the shores of Lake Michigan, as "quite safe" with a low rate of violent crime. 
 
 "The family believes that Jessica more than likely left to help (someone) in some way," Shaw said. "Their belief is that someone that she's either acquainted with or someone she was trying to help lured her out." 
 
 Police are searching for a gray minivan and its driver, who is described as a white man, age 30 to 40, about 6 feet tall, with light brown wavy hair. The description is from witnesses who saw the van parked near the station and driving away. 
 
 Heeringa's mother, Shelly Heeringa, told local media that she repeatedly told her daughter she worried about her working late by herself. 
 
 "She said, `Mom, don't worry. I can handle anybody,'" she said.
– Jessica Heeringa was working the night shift at a Michigan gas station when she went missing just before the 11pm closing time Friday night, the AP reports. Investigators think the petite 25-year-old mother was abducted, and family members believe she was lured away from the Exxon Mobil in Norton Shores by an acquaintance or someone saying they needed help. A few odd details from the local police chief would seem to fit that theory: "There's no sign of a struggle, no sign of anything inside the store being disturbed. The cash drawer was sitting out and no money was missing. Her purse was in the store with 400-some dollars in it. It's just odd how that occurred." Friends say customers at the gas station are regular, and they also believe Heeringa knew or at least recognized her abductor, Fox 17 reports. Heeringa's disappearance was discovered after customers found the gas station open but empty and called police. There's scant evidence to work with, as the station had no security camera; right now, police are looking for a gray or silver minivan seen in the area and its driver, a white man aged 30 to 40, around six feet tall with wavy, light brown hair. Friends and family members are upset with the owner of the gas station, who they say is not doing enough to help, Michigan Live reports. Heeringa's fiance (the father of her 3-year-old son) and a few other acquaintances have already been cleared, WZZM reports.