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Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Missing Utah girl, 15, is found ALIVE six weeks after vanishing into thin air
A teenage girl missing for six weeks after running away from home to meet an alleged pedophile has been found alive. Alisa Petrov, 15, vanished without a trace on April 21 after being dropped off at school in Utah, getting on a train out of town. Hours later, her frantic parents Olga and Nikolai Petrov discovered their daughter had a terrifying double life when her secret iPad was found hidden in her dresser. The teenager dug the long-forgotten device out of a dusty old box and was chatting to three accused pedophiles, all now behind bars. Alisa was last seen at a train station in Provo, Utah, asking for help getting a bus ticket to Las Vegas, where she had arranged to meet Matthew Nicholas Menard, 35. Nothing was heard from her until she walked into a police station in Colorado Springs on Sunday night and identified herself. Police said the teen was 'in good health' but it is still unknown where she was or if she was being held against her will. 'Alisa's parents have been notified of her location and are working with South Jordan Police to bring her home,' police said. Alisa skipped school and got on a train to Provo, Utah, then tried to go to Las Vegas to meet one of the alleged pedophiles. He planned to fly her to his home in Miami via Los Angeles On April 21, Alisa was dropped off at her school, Canyon Grove Academy, in American Fork, about 32 miles south of Salt Lake City. But instead of going to class, she bought supplies at a nearby gas station and convinced a man there to drive her to the local train station. Alisa got off the train in Provo, about 14 miles south of American Fork, and asked multiple people there to help her get a bus ticket to Las Vegas. Olga last week told her daughter had about $1,000 saved from pocket money and birthday gifts that she didn't spend after she turned 15 on April 16, just five days before running away. 'Somebody else is either helping her and we don't know who or where... I'm not suspecting the worst,' she said. 'That means she's with somebody else and we don't know if it's a good person or a bad person.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Missing teen: 15-year-old teen last seen in Pomona, Missouri
HOWELL COUNTY, Mo. — The Howell County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in locating a runaway teen. Braylon Timlin was last seen at 11:30 a.m. at Pomona Christian Church on Sunday morning. Timlin was last seen wearing a blue button-up shirt, blue jeans and cowboy boots. He was last seen walking west on State Route N in Pomona, the police say. Police say the teen is from Wisconsin and had been staying at the Whetstone Boys Ranch in Mountain View. If you have information about Timlin, call the Howell County Sheriff's Office at 417-256-2544. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
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- South China Morning Post
Chinese boy runs away after family row, learns of dad's fatal car crash 2 days later
People on social media have been left heartbroken over a 12-year-old boy who ran away from home to escape his father's discipline, and only heard about the latter's sudden death when he was found by the police. The boy, surnamed Wang, from eastern China's Jiangxi province, ran away from home on May 20 after his father scolded and beat him for playing with his phone too much. Two days later, his father, a delivery driver, was hit by a car while on the job. According to a witness, Wang senior was riding his electric bike when it collided with a car and he was dragged under its wheels. The runaway boy, above, was found after police and volunteers organised an urgent search mission. Photo: The witness said she heard the driver confess to not seeing Wang senior who was seriously injured and rushed to hospital.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Fort Smith runaway found safe
FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) located a reported runaway on May 31. Arizona man sentenced to 200 years for 2021 murder, stabbing of two Sebastian County deputies The child's name, age and other identifying information have been removed for privacy. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Missing runaway teen in Dothan
Dothan, AL (WDHN) – Dothan police are looking for a missing teen after he ran away. 13-year-old Bryson West was last seen by his father at their home in the 100 block of Scarlet Oaks Court in Dothan on May 29th, Thursday. Bryson was last wearing a black hoodie, a shirt, and black pants. If you have any information on Bryson's whereabouts contact the Dothan police department. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
