ASHLEY RUSSELL - 16 yo - Placer Cty CA (Lake Tahoe/ Auburn/ San Diego alerted)

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Colfax Girl Missing - help us find Ashley Russell

Ashley Russell

I received notice this morning that my Godchild, Ashley Russell is
missing. She was last seen on December 9, 2011. She is 5"6" and weighs
160 lbs and is 16 years old. It is believed that she ran away, but there
is a story that she left with much older kids, who later dumped her off
in Lake Tahoe. She could be at Lake Tahoe area, in the Auburn area or
perhaps in San Diego. The police have been notified and have made
several attempts to contact Ashley's friend, Emmanuel Delrosa, whose
last known address is in the Auburn Greens.


If anyone has any information or perhaps teenagers that might
have heard anything, even a rumor, please call the Placer County Sheriff
or phone her relatives at 530-613-7708 or 530-346-6747. There is also a
feed on Facebook named "Find Ashley Russell"

AUBURN CA - A Colfax family’s efforts to bring their runaway daughter back home have been rewarded.
Jason Russell said he learned late Wednesday that his 16-year-old
daughter was at the Sacramento rail station and he was able to reunite
with her there and bring her home later in the day.
Russell said his daughter had been sent on a Greyhound by male
companions she had been with. The family’s efforts not to give up on his
runaway daughter included establishing a Facebook page and distributing
posters.
The girl – Colfax High School junior Ashley Russell – had left home
Dec. 9 and had no communication with family members or law-enforcement
investigators looking for her over the next 13 days.
The teen had reportedly been in the Lake Tahoe area. The bus ride
took her to Sacramento’s Old Town area. Russell drove down to pick her up.
“She was in Sacramento and didn’t know what to do,” Russell said.
Russell said his daughter had dyed her hair and her companions had kept her from using Facebook during her absence.
The Facebook site Find Ashley Russell established by the family
provided potential leads during a stressful time by expanding its
network of support through the internet, Jason Russell said.
"I’m a super-protective dad so it was awesome to finally know she was finally out of harm’s way,” Russell said.
During her time as a runaway, Ashley joined the 1.3 million homeless
and runaway youths who live on the streets every year, according to the
National Runaway Switchboard. The non-profit estimates 75 percent of
runaways are females.
The organization, which provides assistance in locating runaways,
estimates one out of every seven children will run away before the age
of 18. The annual count for deaths from illness, assault or suicide
among the homeless and runaways is an estimated 5,000.

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