14 in Kent County, MI … Possible Runaway (Update: Found Safe)

14 year old Mckinzie Joy Locklin has been missing since Saturday, August 9, 2014 in Kent County, Michigan. She is considered a runaway. According to authorities, Locklin has a learning disability and a history of running away. She reportedly left her home on foot and has no cell phone. The teens disappearance was upgraded to a missing persons case by police.

Mckinzie Joy Locklin

Kent County Sheriff’s Missing Persons media release.

According to a release, she was reported as a runaway on Saturday evening and is now considered a missing person. She left her home in the 7300 block of Sunview Drive SE on foot.

Locklin is described in a release as 5 feet 7 inches tall, 120 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes.

She was last seen wearing a white tank top, pink shorts, a multi colored plastic head band and white and purple tennis shoes. She was also carrying a black East Kentwood High School backpack.

If anyone has any information on her whereabouts should contact the sheriff’s department at 616-632-6100 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.

UPDATE I: Missing 14-year-old Gaines Twp. girl found safe.