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Missing Teen Girls from Isabella Reservation Found

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Editor's Note: The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe is reporting that the two missing teenage girls have been located in the City of Flint by law enforcement officials. A special thanks to all those who helped get out the word on the missing young women.

Mt Pleasant, Michigan – On Saturday, January 26, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal Police Department announced that around 10 pm est, two teens Monica Leann Clark, 15 years old, and Audrey Michelle Elliott, 13 years old and a Tribal Member, were reported missing/runaway from a home on E. Tomah Road on the Isabella Reservation. Police have reason to believe that the two may have acquired a vehicle locally and were headed to the Flint, Michigan area.

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe

Tribal Police are managing an extensive search for the pair and they have sent out a radio broadcast to surrounding counties alerting area agencies of the missing juveniles.

The pair is considered voluntarily missing and foul play is not suspected. The last confirmed sighting was at the intersection of Picard and Mission roads in the Mt. Pleasant area at 8 pm on Sunday.

Clark is 5'1", 115 lbs with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing teal hooded “New Balance” sweatshirt and blue jeans with Nike air Max shoes and multi-colored laces. Elliott is 5'3", 115 lbs with brown hair and brown eyes, a fresh scar on her forehead from a recent dog bite, wearing a purple hooded sweat shirt, blue sweat pants & white writing on the left leg, white shoes with a dark colored bandanna in her hair.

This incident is being investigated by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police and the Mt. Pleasant City Police. If anyone has information on the whereabouts of the two teens, please contact the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department at 989.775.4700.

posted January 28, 2013 1:10 pm est