A family's faith is being tested.
"As long as time goes on, our faith is starting to fail through us. But we want to put justice for her," said Deborah Johnson, mother of missing Fort Worth woman Typhenie Johnson.
They know time is not on their side as they look for any clue of what happened to their loved one. So the Johnson family is now asking for the FBI to join the investigation.
Typhenie Johnson was last seen two weeks ago. Her ex-boyfriend, Christopher Revill, is in custody, accused of kidnapping her.
A second family believes he's responsible for their daughter's disappearance, too. Both families spoke out on Monday, asking for more resources in the investigations.
When someone you love is missing, there's only one thing to do.
"Just keep on searching and search, search," said Typhenie's uncle, Mike Johnson.
He trekked through a new patch of woods Monday afternoon, just off Trinity Boulevard in Euless, trying to narrow down where she could be.
"I changed her diapers, took them fishing. We want her back," Mike Johnson said.
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The family held a tearful press conference earlier in the day with the Next Generation Action Network, calling on Fort Worth police to bring state and federal investigators in on the case.
"I steady think about her all day long. I sleep and think about her," said Typhenie’s twin brother, Asher Johnson.
Taalibah Islam disappeared from Fort Worth back in 2006. She had been dating the same man then as Typhenie Johnson was when she disappeared, Christopher Revill.
"I just saw the news and it was just his face, and I knew that it was him," said the missing woman's sister, Hadiyah Islam.
Revill was never charged in Islam's case, which remains open. Her sister says he abused her.
"To see that he's done it again,” said Hadiyah Islam. “If they would have listened to us 10 years ago, this would not be happening now."
Now the two families wonder if there could be more victims, even out-of-state, whom the FBI could help find.
"We are bound and determined to stop him,” said Deborah Johnson. “We don't want this to happen to any other family."
Fort Worth police say Typhenie Johnson's disappearance is casting a new light on the Taalibah Islam case from 2006. They say there was no mention of foul play in that case at the time, but they're now taking a closer look.
Police commanders are also determining whether to call in state and federal investigators.
Investigators followed evidence from Revill's phone to search where they have so far. They say they need new leads to expand the search. Anyone with information should call Fort Worth police at 817-392-4000.
