A 12-Year-Old Girl Is Still Missing In Toronto & Police Are Asking For Help To Find Her
She was last seen on Monday at 1:30 a.m. in the east end.
Toronto Police are still looking for a 12-year-old girl who went missing in the city's east end early Monday morning.
Teniah Earle was last seen in the Dawes Road and Gower Street area at around 1:30 a.m. on August 16, according to a press release by the Toronto Police Service.
MISSING GIRL:\nTeniah Earle, 12\n- last seen approximately 1:30 a.m., on Monday, August 16, 2021, \n Dawes Road and Gower Street area .\n- 5"6, 130-140 lbs., slim build, hair in braids, black legging pants, black sneakers, and grey purse with crayons inside.\n#GO1552936\n^ep2pic.twitter.com/txd0LZHGpc— Toronto Police Operations (@Toronto Police Operations) 1629130769
In the press release, Earle is described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 130-140 pounds, with a medium build. She was last seen wearing her hair in short braids with a short sleeve, navy blue blouse with thin vertical white stripes, black legging pants, black sneakers with pink stripes, and is possibly carrying a pencil case with crayons inside.
Constable Edward Parks told Narcity that she may be carrying a water bottle with a silver top and a Hyundai logo on the side.
"The search started yesterday and it has not ended," Parks said. "The search will continue until we have located Teniah."
According to CTV News, police have set up a command post at Park Vista and Dawes Road, and Sgt. Bryan Magee told reporters that Earle "has been known to wander for quite some distance."
"She has been known to stop and ask members of the public for something to drink or something to eat, which is how she's been located in the past," Magee continued.
Magee told reporters that there is nothing to suggest there has been any type of foul play, and police believe that Earlie has just wandered off. According to CTV, police told reporters that Earle is autistic and could be scared of loud noises.
"She is not on any medication so we have no concerns in that sense that she's late for any medication or anything like that. However, she is autistic. I have been advised that she may be rather timid around a commotion or any loud noises or extreme situations," Magee said to CTV News.
Anyone with any information at all is asked to contact the police at 416-808-5500. Tips and sightings can also be reported online to the missing children resource centre, Missing Kids.
According to the Ontario Association of Broadcasters, Amber alerts are not issued unless the following criteria are met:
- Law enforcement confirms a child under 18 years old has been abducted
- Law enforcement believes the circumstances surrounding the abduction show the child is in danger "of serious bodily harm or death"
- There is enough descriptive information about all parties involved to believe an immediate alert will help in finding the child.