Alert canceled after three missing Mississippi teens found safe

Published 7:18 am Saturday, August 17, 2019

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has canceled an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for Ja’Miya McNeal, Trishana Whitehead and Avonna Townsend, all of Hinds County, Jackson, MS.

All three teens have reportedly been located and are safe.

Jamiya McNeal is described as a black female, 15 years old, five feet, five inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a red shirt and blue pants in the 2000 block of Siwell Road and could possibly be accompanied by Avonna Townsend.

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Trishana Whitehead is described as a black female, 17 years old, five foot, four inches tall, weighing 185 pounds, with brown eyes and red hair. She was last seen wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans in the 2000 block of Siwell Road and could possibly be accompanied by Avonna Townsend.

Avonna Townsend is described as a black female, 14 years old, five foot, three inches tall, weighing 116 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing black tights and brown sweater in the 2000 block of Siwell Road and could possibly be accompanied by Ja’Miya McNeal.