MICKAYLA McBROOM - 16 yo - Columbus OH/ FL alerted

Amber Alert Issued For Missing Columbus Teen

Published: April 04, 2012.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a Columbus teen who has been missing from her Columbus home since Saturday.

Police are searching for Mickayla McBroom, 16.

Mickayla was last seen Saturday evening on the Southeast Side of Columbus with friends.

Police said they believe she may have been abducted by a black male
suspect in a gray car. Evidence suggests the suspect may be taking
Mickayla to southeast Florida, according to police.

Mickayla is described as a black female who is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 187 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Columbus police
missing persons unit at 614-645-4194 or 614-645-2358. You can also dial 911.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio-- An Amber Alert for a Columbus teen is canceled, but she still is considered an endangered runaway.

Mickayla McBroom, 16, was with friends on the city's Southeast Side
Saturday, March 31. She hasn't been in contact with her family since
that night.

Columbus police issued an Amber Alert for Mickayla at 10 p.m. Wednesday night.

CPD canceled the alert at 5 a.m. Thursday, saying there is new information and evidence.

Detectives did not elaborate on the new information but did say Mickayla still is considered an endangered runaway.

Mickayla is a black female who is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 187 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts should call Columbus police's missing persons unit at 614-645-4624.

No other details were released.

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Police announced Thursday morning that an Amber Alert was canceled for a missing 16-year-old girl but the girl remained missing.
According to family members, Mikayla McBroom was reported missing on
Saturday after her mother dropped her off at a friend’s house to spend
the night Friday.

Police said that new information led them to cancel the Amber Alert
for McBroom, but that she was considered an endangered runaway. They did
not elaborate on the information they found, 10TV’s Shayla Reaves
reported.

McBroom’s mother, Bridgette Lucas, said that her daughter’s friend told her that McBroom left with a man in a car.

Lucas said that she received a call from her daughter on Sunday night.

“She sounded afraid and asked me if I was home by myself,” Lucas
said. “I tried to get out of her what was going on. ‘Is somebody
listening to your call? Is someone listening to you talk to me?’ She
said, ‘somewhat,’ and she kept trying to assure me she was OK, but it
didn’t sound like she was OK.”

McBroom told Lucas that she would be home in 30 minutes but never showed, Reaves reported.

Lucas said that she then received frightening text messages about her daughter.

“The next thing I receive was texts to my phone from her phone
basically telling me she had been harmed,” Lucas said. “(They said) that
somebody put her in a car. The story changed a couple of times. That
they had dropped her off, that they were sorry.”

Police describe McBroom as 5 feet 3 inches tall, 180 pounds with dark skin, brown eyes and brown hair, and could be in danger.

Police said on Wednesday night that McBroom may have been abducted and taken to southeast Florida.

“This is my only child,” Lucas said. “If somebody knows where she is
or if anybody has seen her, I just want her to be home safe. Regardless
of anything that has gone on, I just want her home.”

Anyone with information about McBroom is asked to call the Columbus Division of Police at 614-645-4545.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Amber Alert for a Columbus teen is canceled and she is found safe in Florida.

Mickayla McBroom, 16, was with friends on the city's Southeast Side
Saturday, March 31. She hadn't been in contact with her family since
that night and an Amber Alert was issued for her at 10 p.m. Wednesday
night.

CPD canceled the alert at 5 a.m. Thursday, saying there was new information and evidence.

Police later confirmed that McBroom was found safe in Florida, and is in the custody of Florida law enforcement.

Police said the investigation is continuing.
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