Ajanae Scruggs, 12, Missing since Friday in Oakland, CA (UPDATE: Found Safe)
12 year old Ajanae Scruggs has been missing since Friday in Oakland, CA. Police have issues a Bay Area Alert for the missing 7th grader.
Description:
- 5 feet 2
- 150 pounds
- brown eyes
- a medium complexion
- She was last known to be wearing a red school uniform shirt and tan pants.
- She also wears a purple stone ring with a gold band
Ajanae Scruggs was last seen about 8:15 a.m. at KIPP Bridge College Preparatory Middle School, 991 14th St., where she is a 7th grader. The school is one of Oakland’s most academically challenging and demanding public schools.
Police are concerned because Ajanae has not contacted her mother or friends, which is out of character for her. She has never run away from home, police said.
Police Missing Persons Unit Officer Mike Weisenberg said Monday Ajanae has communicated with different people on MySpace, a social networking web site, “and we can’t rule out she might have met up with someone she contacted there.” (Inside Bay Area)
Anyone with information about Ajanae please call the police at 238-3641 or 238-3352.
UPDATE: Family Friend Finds Missing Oakland Girl Near Cemetery
OAKLAND, Calif. – A spokesman with the Oakland Police Department told NBC11 News a missing 12-year-old from Oakland has been found.
They said a family friend located the girl at 9:26 a.m. near MacArthur Boulevard and a cemetery.
The mother said police told her to take the child to Children’s Hospital to be checked by a doctor as a precaution.
The child is said to be in good condition. (NBC 11)
Missing Oakland Girl Found, Taken to Hospital: http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=5552193&nav=9qrx
Comment by Kim | October 17, 2006