Two teenage sibling runaways reported missing last week were later found safe and sound at an Alexandria residence.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that “on Thursday, June 5 a deputy was dispatched to Whorton Springs Road due to a report of two missing juveniles, a 13-year-old girl from Quapaw Oklahoma and her 15-year-old sibling, a boy from Smithville. Upon arrival the officer spoke with a family member who said that the two teens had left home in Smithville. We (sheriff’s department) then reported them missing and entered their information into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). A detective was assigned the case on Thursday, June 5. He learned that the teens had gone to a residence on Shady Lane in Alexandria. The detective went there and spoke to an adult who granted permission for a search of the home. There he found the kids hiding in a bedroom closet. They were taken into custody. It is not believed that the adult there was harboring the children or even knew they were in the home,” said Sheriff Ray.