MAKAYLIA WILLIAMS - 14 yo - Oceanside/ San Diego CA

Oceanside police investigators are asking for the
public’s help in locating a 14-year old girl that they say is missing
under suspicious circumstances.
Makaylia Williams, was last seen leaving an apartment on Marquette Street Sunday at 6:22 p.m.
Williams was carrying a bag of trash to take to a dumpster in the alley police said.
When her mother noticed she had not returned an hour later, she called police to report her missing.
Twenty officers launched a grid search of the neighborhood and located a bag of trash near the
apartment with its contents strewn on the ground.
Police found a bag of trash, later identified by the mother as the bag Makaylia was carrying,
in a bush near the missing juvenile’s apartment with the contents strewn
on the ground according to a news release.

Makaylia is described as 5’ 4”, 170 pounds, last seen wearing a summer dress with an orange/tan/white pattern on the fabric.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team used bloodhounds to search the neighborhood and
the San Diego Sheriff’s Department’s Astrea Helicopter has searched the surrounding canyon.
The reverse 911 system was also launched.
The child’s mother said the juvenile is new to the neighborhood with few friends, and this type
of behavior is uncharacteristic.

Source: O'side Police Search for Missing Teen | NBC San Diego

OCEANSIDE (CNS) -
A 14-year-old girl who did not return home after taking out the trash
was found safe Monday at a library, accompanied by a 24-year-old man,
according to the Oceanside Police Department.

Makaylia Williams was spotted by a citizen who recognized her description, Oceanside police Lt. Leonard Mata said.

The girl and the man were questioned by officers, and it appeared that she left home on her own, the lieutenant said.

Mata said the teen took off about 6:20 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of Marquette Street, near Santa Barbara Street. The girl's mother reported her missing about an hour later.

Police found a bag of trash, identified by the
girl's mother as the one her daughter had taken out of the apartment,
with its contents on the ground, Mata said.

The woman said the family is new to the area and her daughter has few friends, he said.

Police launched a search for the girl involving 20 officers, a helicopter and bloodhounds, Mata said.
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