Updated: KY officials find missing girl after she did not return home from school
A missing 17-year-old girl from Montgomery County has been found and is “safe and sound,” said the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
The search began Wednesday when the girl did not return home from school, the sheriff’s office said. Sheriff David Charles said she had been located at 2:19 p.m. Thursday.
The sheriff’s office shared a photo of what Hart was wearing the last time she was seen at the time of her disappearance. The photo was timestamped at approximately 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
There are 325 active missing person reports in Kentucky, according to The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Thirty-five of those cases include a person who went missing as a child.
This story was originally published January 11, 2024 at 7:49 AM.
