Police Launch Search for Disabled 13-Year-Old
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Police are searching for a 13-year-old developmentally disabled Manassas girl who ran away yesterday afternoon.
Alexis Glover was last seen about noon at a library on Mathis Avenue in Manassas, where she was with a guardian, police said. In addition to her disability, Glover has other medical issues, which police declined to specify.
Alexis is African American, 5 feet 3 and weighs 85 pounds. She has short dark hair and dark eyes. Prince William County police ask anyone who sees her to call 703-792-6500.
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Disabled Manassas Girl Still Missing After 24 Hours
posted 3:46 pm Thu January 08, 2009 - MANASSAS, Va.
from ABC 7 News - http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0109/583653.html
Prince William County police are in a race against time and the elements in an effort to find a disabled missing 13-year-old girl who went missing in Manassas over 24 hours ago.
Alexis Glover went missing near Manassas Drive and is considered endangered. Police want to know if anyone has seen her. She is is developmentally disabled and suffers from other medical issues. Alexis was last seen wearing blue jeans, a green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes. She is 5'3" and weighs 85 lbs. She has short dark hair and dark eyes.
"We need to find her as quickly as we possibly can," said Alexis's mom, Freedia Glover. "She looks like she's about 10 [but] her mental capacity is about 7."
Her mother says she and Alexis, or Lexie as she is often called, were in the parking lot of the central library in Manassas in the freezing rain Wednesday morning when the young girl slipped away.
Lexie is described by her mother as having profound emotional, mental and physical disabilities that require medication. She normally wears a GPS tracking bracelet because of her condition, but police found it minutes after she was reported missing. Now across busy Route 28, a lighted sign board now flashes a plea for information about her.
Investigators are using foot patrols, canine teams and helicopters to search for the girl; they have also deployed Search and Rescue teams from Prince William county Police and Appalachian Search and Rescue. They are also asking residents to check their property because the young girl is known to run and hide.
Authorities ask residents to "check all around their homes, including sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide." Area residents were alerted to the search through the reverse telephone call system.
Manassas City Police, Manassas Park Police, the Prince William County Sheriff's Office, and Fairfax and Virginia State Police Helicopters have been brought in to aid searchers. Neighbors are also becoming active in the search effort.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Prince William County Police at 703.792.6500.
Independence
01-13-2009, 09:59 AM
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