A 17-year-old girl vanished from her home in Phoenix after her brother heard her screaming last week, and now police believe she has been abducted to Mexico by her ‘controlling’ older boyfriend.

The Phoenix Police Department says Rosa America Garcia-Acosta was last seen at her family's home near 75th Avenue and Camelback Road last Friday.

The girl's brother heard Rosa scream in her bedroom and then saw a greyish-white SUV speeding away from the house.

Police in Phoenix are looking for Luis Fernando Morales (left), 24, who is suspected of kidnapping his girlfriend, Rosa America Garcia-Acosta (right), 17, from her family's home

Police believe 24-year-old Luis Fernando Morales is responsible for kidnapping his teenage girlfriend, saying that there is a 'history of controlling behavior' on the suspect's part.

Investigators believe the pair are on their way to Mexico.

Morales is described as 6-foot-4 and weighing 265lbs, with brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing a white polo shirt, black jeans and black shoes.

Garcia-Acosta is 5-foot-5 and weighing 130lbs, with brown eyes and brown hair.

Anyone with information about the teen’s whereabouts is being asked to call Phoenix police at (602) 534-2121.