GABRIELLE BUTLER - 13 yo - Howell MI

Livingston County law enforcement officers are searching the Brady and Brighton
roads area for a missing 13-year-old girl who has not been seen since
Wednesday night.A
sergeant at the Michigan State Police Brighton Post said Gabrielle
Butler left her Howell-area home 6 p.m. Wednesday after an “issue with
her school report card.”Butler has not been located at
friends’ homes or at school today and police are concerned she may be
experiencing health issues due to exposure from the cool night
temperatures.Butler was last seen wearing blue jeans and
a dark plaid jacket, walking in the Brady and Brighton roads area. A
police dog lost the girl’s tracks near Treasure Lake.Butler is described as a black female, about 4 feet, 11 inches tall and 120 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes.No
photograph is immediately available of the teen. Anyone who has seen
Butler, is asked to call 911 or state police at 810-227-1051.

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State Police are searching for a Genoa Township girl missing since she
left her home last night after what was called an “issue with her
report card.” 13 year old Gabrielle Butler is African-American, stands
4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds. She was
last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark plaid jacket, according to
State Police Sgt. Mark Thompson at the Brighton Post. He says they
began a search last night using a helicopter and K-9 unit in the area
of Brighton and Brady roads near the Brighton State Recreation Area.
That search resumed this morning. Anyone with information as to her
whereabouts is asked to contact the Brighton post at 810-227-1051.

A 13-year-old Marion Township girl missing since Wednesday evening was found safe in a downtown Howell coffee house this morning.Livingston
County law enforcement officers began searching for Gabrielle Tanez
Butler Wednesday evening after learning she had walked away from her
home in the area of D-19 and Schaffer Road in Marion township about 6
p.m. after “an issue with her school report card,” a Michigan State
Police sergeant at the Brighton post said.The search,
which included officers from three agencies and a state police dog unit
and helicopter, resumed early this morning, ending shortly before 11:15
a.m. when a passer-by noticed the girl walking northbound on Grand
River Avenue and called 911.An officer then located Butler in a coffee house at the main four in downtown Howell.Police said Butler left the home wearing blue jeans and a dark plaid jacket.She was initially seen walking in the Brady and Brighton roads area in Genoa Township. A police dog lost the girl’s tracks near Treasure Lake Drive, a private road north of Brighton Road in Genoa Township.The search today expanded into Howell when officers learned the girl’s family once lived in the city.Police
were concerned Butler, who has no history of being a runaway, may have
experienced health issues due to exposure from the cool night
temperatures, but she was fine when found and no ambulance was called,
police said.Troopers from the Brighton post, Department
of Natural Resources rangers from the Brighton Recreation Area, Howell
police and local residents assisted in the search.

A 13-year-old Marion Township girl missing since Wednesday evening
was found sleeping in a downtown Howell coffee shop late Thursday
morning. Livingston
County law enforcement officers began searching for Gabrielle Tanez
Butler on Wednesday evening after learning she had walked away from her
home in the Kingswood subdivision in the area of D-19 and Schafer Road
in Marion Township between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. over "an issue with her
school report card," a Michigan State Police sergeant at the Brighton post said.The
search — which included officers from three agencies, a state police
dog unit and helicopter — resumed early Thursday morning, ending
shortly before 11:15 a.m. when a passer-by noticed the girl walking
along Grand River Avenue."Because
of the media reports, a guy came to the post and said, 'I just saw this
girl.' We showed him a picture and he said, 'That's her,' " Sgt. Mark
Thompson explained.A Howell police officer then located Butler inside Uptown Coffeehouse at Grand River and Michigan avenues in Howell."The officer found her sitting in a chair, sleeping," Thompson explained.The
sergeant said the girl indicated that she had spent the night in an
abandoned home where she slept on a bench. The girl did not know where
the home was located, he said.The girl said when she woke up Thursday, she just began walking. She did not say why she didn't return home, Thompson noted.Police
said Butler left her family home Wednesday wearing blue jeans and a
dark plaid jacket. She was initially seen walking Thursday in the area
of Brady and Brighton roads in Genoa Township. A police dog lost the
girl's tracks near Treasure Lake Drive, a private road north of Brighton Road in Genoa Township.The
search Thursday expanded into Howell when officers learned the girl's
family once lived in the area near the Meijer store at Grand River
Avenue and Latson Road. Officers thought the girl might try to return
to that area to visit friends.Police
were concerned Butler, who has no history of being a runaway, may have
experienced health issues due to exposure from the cool night
temperatures, but she was fine when found and no ambulance was
necessary, Thompson said.The search involved two helicopters, a gater and all-terrain vehicle from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, four state troopers, Howell police officers, and local residents.Thompson
estimated officials spent upward of $150,000 in resources looking for
the girl. He said the teen and her family most likely would not be
billed for the expense because police do not want to discourage them
from reporting their children missing out of fear of being billed for
the search.