UPDATE: Runaway Teen Found Safe
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Updated: 1:33 PM Dec 6, 2009
UPDATE: Runaway Teen Found Safe
West Virginia State Police say runaway teen Stephanie Davis has been found safe and sound.
Posted: 5:46 PM Dec 5, 2009
Reporter: Hanna Francis
Email Address: hanna.francis@wsaz.com
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UPDATE @ 1:30 p.m. Sunday
ONA, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- West Virginia State Police say runaway teen Stephanie Davis has been found safe and sound.

Davis was found unharmed Sunday morning in West Hamlin.

Stephanie Davis ran away from the Huntington Child Shelter located on Grant Gardens in Ona Saturday afternoon.

ORIGINAL STORY
ONA, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- West Virginia State Police are asking for your help to find a runaway teen.

Stephanie Davis ran away from the Huntington Child Shelter located on Grant Gardens in Ona Saturday at noon.

Stephanie is 16 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. State Police say she was last seen wearing a pair of blue jeans and a hooded sweatshirt. They say she was seen traveling toward the Barboursville Mall.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Stephanie Davis, you are asked to contact Senior Trooper J.C. Kirk at (304)528-5555.


Latest Comments

Posted by: sara on Dec 10, 2009 at 06:28 PM

THIS IS STEPHANIE SISTER.PEOPLE NEED TO KEED THERE NOSE OUT OF OTHER PEOPLES LIVES AND STOP DOGING CHILDREN.STEPHANIE RAN BECAUSE SHE HAD A REASON TWO BROTHERS WHERE PICKING ON HER , SHE TOLD AND NOTHING WAS DONE SO CAN YOU BLAME HER FOR WANTING OUT OF THERE? AND NO IT WAS NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS A BOY INVOLVED! SHE DIDNT FEEL SAFE THERE, NOT BECAUSE OF STAFF ,CHILDREN HER OWN AGE. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP TALKING TRASH AND GROW UP!STEPHANIE IS A VERY LOVING GIRL AND SWEET,BUT YES SHE HAS A ANGER PROBLEM TELL ME A 16 YEAR OLD THAT DONT.NO ONE MY FAMLIY LIKE THEY SAY THEY DO . I DO CAUSE IM PART OF THAT FAMLIY.WE ARE A VERY LOVED FAMLIY AND PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT US!EVERYONE JUGDES ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE COMMENT ON. NO ONE FOULD HER BUT HER FAMLIY, SHE CAME TO US.EVERY TIME SHE RAN IT WAS HER FAMLIY THAT FOUND HER,SO DONT TELL ME NO ONE CARES ABOUT THIS GIRL. SO THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT ACTULLY CARED,OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU!!
Posted by: Runaway#2899000??? ten years later. on Dec 10, 2009 at 02:01 PM

Everywhere in the world you see runaways and everyone has their opinions on them. A sixteen year old is smarter then you can imagine. The sad fact is that kids see the world better then adults. The only reason that every child in america hasn't already bolted is because some have been able to grow up and see the world in the mediocre light that adults see. So if a child chooses to run away, I would help them, hide them from the fears of what the next day brings in their world. Every day is a new, depressing, sometimes even painful day in their lives. They need to open places where these children can dissapear, find jobs and live safely on their own. Trust me, they know what they are doing. The only problem is that so many adults don't care about them enough to ask why they run away.
Posted by: Mr. Jones on Dec 9, 2009 at 09:20 AM

First of all after reading these posts , I think that many of you should stop and take a remedial english course. Second of all, I would love to know what kind of parents you are. Diana Smith is lecturing everyone about the evils of these shelters and how they stole her daughter. It makes me wonder what kind of parent she is, seeing as how her child had been in the shelter system. Apparently child care is not the specialty of Diana Smith or her child would not have spent time in these facilities.
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