( CNN ) -- Alexis Murphy was last seen at a gas station earlier this month , and though police have arrested a suspect in her abduction , his attorney tells a CNN affiliate his client split ways with the 17-year-old after a drug deal . Her disappearance set off a search that extended for 30 miles outside of Lovingston , Virginia , and involved helicopters , search parties with canine units , the Nelson County Sheriff 's Office , Virginia State Police and FBI . Alexis left her Shipman , Virginia , home to visit Lynchburg on August 3 , and police have surveillance video showing her at a Lovingston gas station , according to affiliate WVIR-TV in Charlottesville . Randy Taylor , 48 , was seen on the video and was arrested in her abduction Sunday , police told CNN affiliate WRC-TV , but Taylor 's attorney , Michael Hallahan , told WVIR that Taylor was arrested because they found one of Alexis ' hairs in his camper . The attorney also told WVIR his client was n't the last person to see Alexis and that police need to be looking for a `` black male , mid- to late-20s , cornrows and a 20-year-old burgundy Caprice with 22-inch wheels . '' Taylor saw the girl the night she disappeared , the lawyer said . They were both parked at the gas pumps , and Alexis made a reference to smoking marijuana , Hallahan said . Taylor told her he 'd like some marijuana , the attorney said . `` She said , ' I know a guy . ' She told him to meet at another location in Lovingston and they rode up there in both cars , '' the lawyer told the station . That `` guy , '' Alexis and Taylor all took separate cars to Taylor 's camper in Lovingston , where Taylor bought $ 60 worth of marijuana . The men smoked and drank together , but Murphy did not , the attorney said . Alexis and the unidentified man left before sundown , and that was the last Taylor saw of either of them , Hallahan told WVIR . Hallahan further told the station there is DNA evidence of the unidentified man -- in the form of a 12-ounce Icehouse bottle -- in the camper . Alexis was last seen wearing a pink blouse , floral spandex pants and brown boots , according to WRC . She was carrying a gray purse . Her 2003 Nissan Maxima was found August 6 in the parking lot of a movie theater near Charlottesville . The teen 's aunt described her as a `` girly girl '' and told WVIR that the volleyball player had just taken her senior pictures and was looking at colleges . `` She was just looking forward to everything , excited for everything , and for this to happen is just completely out of character for her , '' Taylor told the station .
Jessica Murphy , 17 , disappeared August 15 , according to CNN affiliates . Suspect says through lawyer he was not last chance to see the teen . Attorney says he will look for a man with her , Caprice . The senior volleyball player was studying at colleges , her aunt tells him .