The attorney for the family of an 18-year-old Mobile woman who accompanied former priest Alex Crow to Italy says they no longer know where she is currently living.

Christine Hernandez, who represents the family, said it’s possible the two are still in Italy.

“We would think they were, because they don’t have a car,” Hernandez said, speaking to AL.com by telephone Tuesday.

“There’s some question as to how much money Alex has, but we know she didn’t have any money.”

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Previously, the family had only been able to contact the young woman through Crow’s phone, Hernandez said. They know she has contacted others, but they believe he is restricting her ability to communicate with others.

“We believe that he disposed of her phone after a family member was able to locate the phone using a GPS tracker,” Hernandez said.

“That phone was left on a train. If it was unintentional, it was awfully dadgum convenient.”

Crow was stripped of his duties as a priest in July after the archdiocese said he had “abandoned his assignment.”

Crow reportedly left the country with an the young woman, with the two later located in Italy by a family member.

Earlier this month, Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said authorities believe Crow “groomed another couple of young girls who investigators would like to question.

The 18-year-old, a recent McGill-Toolen High School graduate, traveled with Crow of her own accord, according to family members.

Though family was unsuccessfully in attempting to bring the young woman back, they were able to retrieve an iPad with the help of Italian law enforcement. Burch said FBI forensic investigators are now looking at the device for any kind of messages.

Hernandez said she believes that once the device is accessed, more information should be forthcoming about the nature of the relationship.

After speaking with “other young girls” who had contact with Crow, she said that she believes the first contact with the 18-year-old happened at a McGill-Toolen leadership conference, which would have been when the young woman was 15 years old.

Letters written by the former priest indicate he believes he and the 18-year-old female were told by Jesus to leave Mobile.

Hernandez said the family is “extremely frustrated that they have very limited ability to just go and get her and bring her back.”

“It’s my understanding they tried to get the Italian police to talk to the young lady and Alex Crow, and Alex wouldn’t cooperate,” she said.

Hernandez said it’s not clear whether Crow paid for transportation to Italy with his own money, or with money from the Archdiocese of Mobile.

She is urging anyone with information about the young woman, who does not wish to talk to police or the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office, to contact her.

“Doesn’t matter how big or how small,” she said. “It might be something small, and that information might be the very key to resolving this matter.”