Crime & Safety

Public Asked to Help Locate Runaway Michigan Teen Who May Be En Route to Tennessee

Missing teen is described as 5 feet, 3 inches tall, 105 pounds with blonde hair and hazel eyes. She was last wearing a long-sleeve shirt and jeans.

Michigan authorities are asking the public’s help in locating a runaway teen. Jessika Lashay Mathis, 14, was last seen Monday in the 59000 block of Pine Grove Road in Colon Township in St Joseph County.

Mathis is believed to be hiding in the Sturgis area with a sibling and may be planning to leave for the Tennessee area, WWMT-TV reports.

She is described as 5 feet, 3 inches tall, 105 pounds with blonde hair and hazel eyes. She was last wearing a long-sleeve shirt and jeans.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (269) 467-4195.


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