Woman missing after man she met on Kik 'forced her out of his car for being drunk'

A man who claims he kicked a young mother out of his car when she got too drunk on their date has been arrested for obstructing justice two weeks after she vanished.

Ashley Pegram, a 28-year-old mother-of-three, left her Summerville, South Carolina home for a date with a man she had met on messaging service Kik on the evening of April 3.

Her sister, Brandy Chance, reported her missing the next day and went through her Kik account, where she found messages from a man who identified himself as 18-year-old Emoney Bon.

But when she spoke with him, it emerged he was actually a 30-year-old man, Edward Primo Bonilla.

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Missing: Ashley Pegram, left, has been missing since she went on a date with Edward Primo Bonilla, right, on April 3 after they met online. He has now been charged with obstructing justice

Bonilla told her he had kicked her sister out of the car around midnight.

On the messaging service, he had sent Pegram's account a message apologizing for leaving her but making sure she had got home OK, WCSC reported.

But surveillance video taken outside a Sunoco gas station on the night of Pegram's disappearance shows her getting out of Bonilla's car, entering the convenience store and returning to the vehicle at 1am.

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The car then drives away with both people inside, although it is not clear if the person seen in the surveillance footage in Bonilla, WCSC reported. WVTM reported that the blue Hyundai Sonata belonged to Bonilla.

He told authorities he believed he had dropped her near the Piggly Wiggly supermarket in Berkeley County. 

Caught on camera: She was seen inside a gas station convenience store in the early hours of April 4

Spotted: She then headed back to a car, identified as Bonilla's. He said he later forced her out of the car

Deputies interviewed Bonilla and during a follow-up, he allegedly gave false and misleading information, but they would not provide further details.

'At this point, foul play is a definite possibility,' Dorchester County Sheriff's Captain Tony Phinney said. 

Bonilla has been charged with obstruction of justice and he was given a $400,000 surety bond during a court appearance on Thursday. 

Pegram's sister, Brandy Chance, said the missing woman's children, aged 13, eight and nine months, are devastated. 

'Her little baby's having nightmares,' she told ABC News 4. 'The oldest one is having depression. And I can't do anything, I'm not really good for comforting now, you know.'

Have you seen her? Pegram is a mother to three children who are devastated by her absence, family said

Chance added that her sister would often go on dates with men she met online, and even though she told Pegram it was dangerous, 'she just didn't listen'. 

Pegram had been mourning the death of her boyfriend, who passed away in a traffic accident in January, but her family does not believe she would hurt herself.

'She loves us too much,' Chance said.

The 28-year-old is 5ft1 with brown har and brown eyes. She was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and black flip flops with sparkles.

If you have any information you are asked to called the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office at 843-832-0300.

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