Three separate cases of runaway teenage girls reported in Carbondale Runaways_06/26_bw

By Gus Bode

Carbondale girl missing since June 2 found Wednesday

Factoid:Anyone with information regarding the location of Key, Payne or Harris should call 549-2121.

As an official at the Carbondale Police Department told the Daily Egyptian that a 16-year-old Carbondale girl reported missing last week was recovered Wednesday, police reported that three more cases of suspected runaway teenage girls have surfaced.

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Carbondale Police said they are investigating the separate, suspected runaways of three Carbondale girls – Sandra Key, 13; Deanna Payne, 15 and Arrysha Monique Harris, 16.

Carbondale Police said Key was last seen June 21 wearing an orange “Arizona” shirt, blue jeans and brown sandals in the 1000 block of East Park Street in Carbondale. Key is described as a white female who is 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. Carbondale Police did not release any information on her possible whereabouts.

The Department said Payne was last seen May 15 in Carbondale. Payne is described as a white female who is 5-foot-3 and 155 pounds with a tattoo on her left arm. Police said they believe Payne was headed to either Harrisburg or Metropolis.

Police said Harris was last seen June 19 in the 400 block of East Chestnut Street in Carbondale. The Department described Harris as a black female who is 5-foot-5 and 125 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Her whereabouts or possible destination is not known, Carbondale Police said.

Police said all three girls have been entered into the statewide computer database systems as runaway juveniles.

A source at the Carbondale Police Department said Elizabeth Saige Hawthorne, 16, who had been missing since June 2, was found Wednesday by Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies. The sheriff’s department declined to confirm or comment on Hawthorne’s recovery.

Reporter Burke Wasson can be reached at [email protected]

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