KIARA HODGES - 13 yo - Fulton County (Atlanta area) GA

Fulton County GA ---- Fulton County
police are searching for a missing 13-year-old girl who was last seen on
Monday.Authorities have asked other agencies to be on the
lookout for Kiara Hodges. Kiara's mother believes that she is
endangered.Investigators said Kiara may be a runaway but added
that she has never run away before and described her as a good student.



Kiara
is said to be 5 foot, 3 inches tall and 115 pounds. She was last seen
wearing an orange tank top and blue jean shorts. Kiara has microbraids
pulled into a ponytail.If you know Kiara's whereabouts, contact
Fulton County Detective T.N. Pritchett at 404-613-9134 or 404-317-9169.

The family of a missing teenager is making an emotional plea for help.Kiara
Hodges, 13, disappeared Monday night from her south Fulton County
neighborhood.Police said she may be a runaway, but her family is
not convinced.Police have patrolled the neighborhood where Hodges
disappeared and have checked areas they know runaways often visit. Now
that Hodges has been missing more than 24 hours, police said they will
re-evaluate the case.Her family said they have suspected foul
play all along.Hodges’ mother, Telina Shelby, is asking the
public for help.“No one has the right to touch a child and they
have touched the wrong one,” said Shelby. “It’s not fair for them to
take what is not theirs.”Witnesses last saw Hodges around 10 p.m.
Monday. Witnesses said they also noticed a new black truck driving up
and down the neighborhood.“Someone took my sister and they need
to bring my sister back,” said Hodges’ sister, Kalani Shelby.The
13-year-old was last seen wearing an orange tank top, blue jean shorts
and flip flops.Police said they don’t know what to think about
her disappearance.“There is a possibility that the juvenile may
have run away or been abducted, but we have no evidence of that at this
time,” said Cpl. Kay Lester of the Fulton County Police Department.Hodges
had been banned from Facebook until recently, her mother said. The day
she disappeared, her sister noticed an inappropriate conversation on
her page.“She told me that Kiara had been having unedifying,
sexually explicit conversations with one of the guys on the Internet,”
said her mother.Her family admitted she may have left, worried
about how her mom would react. But they said too much time has passed
and they believe she was abducted.“She hasn’t called. This is
not like Kiara. Kiara’s an A-B student and she wouldn’t do (anything)
like this,” said Shelby.

An Atlanta teenager missing for five days has been found.Police report that 13-year-old Kiara Hodges turned up
unharmed Saturday afternoon in Fayetteville.Hodges disappeared
Monday night from her south Fulton County neighborhood near Old National
Highway.Hodges had been banned from Facebook until recently, her
mother, Telina Shelby said just after her disappearance. The day she
disappeared, her sister noticed an inappropriate conversation on her
page.“She told me that Kiara had been having unedifying, sexually
explicit conversations with one of the guys on the Internet,” her
mother said earlier this week.Her family admitted when she went
missing that she may have left, worried about how her mom would react.
But they said too much time passed and they believed she was abducted.“She
hasn’t called. This is not like Kiara. Kiara’s an A-B student and she
wouldn’t do (anything) like this,” said Shelby.No one has given
any details surrounding her disappearance since she has been located.