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Police asking for help in search for missing Lafayette girl

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Police asking for help in search for missing Lafayette girl


Anyone with information about the location of 16 year old Quinta Leathem is urged to call the Lafayette Police Department detective section, at 765-807-1250 or WeTip anonymous hotline at 1-800-782-7463.

Anyone with information about the location of 16 year old Quinta Leathem is urged to call the Lafayette Police Department detective section, at 765-807-1250 or WeTip anonymous hotline at 1-800-782-7463.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Lafayette Police Department is investigating a missing person case and is asking for the public’s help to find 16 year old Quinta Leathem of Lafayette, Indiana.

Leathem is 16 years old, 5’5” tall and weighs around 274 pounds. She has brown eyes and long dark brown hair that is usually worn rolled into a bun. She has no known medical or mental conditions.

Leathem was last seen around 4:00pm last evening (Thursday) heading to the Tippecanoe County Library at Ivy Tech. A statement released by the LPD indicates that her disappearance is “suspicious in nature”, but no additional details were provided.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Lafayette Police Department detective section at 765-807-1250 or the WeTip anonymous hotline at 1-800-782-7463.

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2 year old girl abducted from Gary, Indiana

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2 year old girl abducted from Gary, Indiana


LAFAYETTE and INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — On behalf of the FBI and the Gary PD, Tippecanoe County Project Safe Neighborhood is asking the community for information to help locate Jada Justice, a 2 year old girl who was abducted from Gary late on June 16.

Jada Justice was abducted from a parked vehicle in Gary, IN on June 16th. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is urged to call either the FBI or 1-800-78-CRIME

Jada Justice was abducted from a parked vehicle in Gary, IN on June 16th. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is urged to call either the FBI or 1-800-78-CRIME

According to police and FBI reports, Justice was taken from a parked vehicle at the Glen Park Gas Station, 1401 East Ridge Road in Gary, Indiana at approximately 9:40p. She had been in the care of a relative at the time of her disappearance. The Gary Police Department immediately responded to the scene and conducted an extensive search of the area, but found no sign of the child nor clues as to where she might have been taken.

Jada Justice is described as a black female who will be 3 years old this August (approximately 34 months old), 2’2” tall, 35 pounds, black hair, brown eyes, and light brown complexion. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing an orange skirt, a white tank top with orange and green stripes, white sandals and purple underwear.

Anyone with information concerning her current whereabouts is requested to contact the FBI Indianapolis Office at 317/639-3301. Anonymous and confidential tips can be phoned in to WeTip at 1-800-78-CRIME.

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