Chapel Hill authorities are turning to the public for help in finding and reporting the wellbeing of a teenager reported missing on Monday.

An alert from the Chapel Hill Police Department said it is looking to locate 14-year-old Saniya Lovely Forbes. Forbes is described as a young Black woman who is 5-foot-2 tall and weighing around 130 pounds. She was last seen around 10 p.m. Sunday in the area of Timber Hollow Court, which is part of the Timber Hollow Apartment Homes complex off of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Saniya Forbes, 14. (Photo via the Chapel Hill Police Department.)

Police explicitly said in their release that Forbes is believed to have run away and it is not known what clothing she was wearing when the teenager left.

Any community members with information as to Forbes’ whereabouts or wellbeing is asked to call 911 or to contact the Chapel Hill Police Department at 919-968-2760. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can call the Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC CrimeStoppers at 919-942-7515 or visit their website here.

 

Featured photo by Brighton McConnell/Chapel Hill Media Group.

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