Desperate parents have offered a reward for help find their 26-year-old daughter after her car was found abandoned in the woods.

Rebecca Henderson Paulk usually speaks to her family everyday but was last seen by her parents at their home in Alabama on Labour Day.

Two days later, her car was found at a secluded spot in the woods in Whynot community, Mississippi, after a passer-by reported an abandoned vehicle to the sheriff's office in Lauderdale County.

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Rebecca Henderson Paulk usually speaks to her family everyday but was last seen by her parents at their home in Alabama on Labour Day

Mother Janet, left, and father Wes are desperate to get her back and have offered a $5,000 reward for information that could lead to her return

Police spoke to the family and discovered that they had not spoken to her since she left their home that day and immediately filed a missing persons report.

Her parents, Wes and Janet, have now offered $5,000 (£3,240) for information and pleaded with the public to help find their daughter, who has now been missing for more than a week.

'This is a nightmare hell. Worse than that,' mother Janet told AL.com.

'I want her to alive but this not knowing is unbearable,' she added.

Paulk graduated from Demopolis High School in 2007 and now lives in Marengo County, not far from her close-knit family.

Her car was found in a secluded area where the ground was smooth enough to drive on. Rebecca's purse, laptop and iPad were found inside but not her cellphone

Janet said it was extremely out of character for her daughter not to go a day without being in touch.

Henderson said Rebecca was last seen in a store in Meridian, Mississippi, and believes someone may have placed Paulk's vehicle in Whynot.

This is a nightmare hell. Worse than that Janet Henderson, Rebecca's mother

The car was found in a secluded area where the ground was smooth enough to drive on. Rebecca's purse, laptop and iPad were found inside but not her cellphone.

'God knows who was driving that car,' Janet said.

Lauderdale County Chief Deputy Ward Calhountold ABC: 'We are hoping that she has gotten into a vehicle with someone else or she's at someone's home.'

Henderson is asking anyone to come forward, even anonymously. She said she will not get anyone involved who doesn't want to be. She just wants to know what happened.

The family may be contacted through the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office or their Facebook page.

The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office asks that anyone with information on her call 601-486-4952 or 601-482-9806.