A 12-year-old girl reported missing in Denton has been found, the Denton Police Department reported on its Facebook page.
Wynter Elliott, reported as last seen about 10 p.m. Sunday, had been considered at high risk, as is true in most cases of missing children. The Denton Police Department said on its page Monday that she has been located and is safe.
Wynter was the second 12-year-old girl in the area who was reported missing and then found in the past week.
On Saturday, Angie Carrasco was located in safe condition in Carrollton after an Amber Alert. She had been reported as picked up in a Chevy Silverado truck in front of her residence in the 2700 block of Cherokee Trail in Corinth but found in Carrollton, the Corinth Police Department said.
Police said Saturday evening that although Angie was safe, an investigation into her possible abduction was ongoing, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Carrollton and Corinth are both suburbs of Dallas. The city of Denton is about 35 miles northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth.
Two other area juveniles were reported missing last week before being found safe.
James Barron, 11, also had been considered at high risk when he was reported last seen around 6 p.m. on July 12 in the 3800 block of Stuart, the Denton Police Department’s Twitter feed said. He was reportedly found by 10:13 that night.
In another case, Bailey Russell, 17, reported as a critical missing person on July 11, reached out to officers to let them know she was okay on the same date, according to the Denton Police Department’s Twitter feed.
Denton Police explained some of the factors that cause missing people to be considered high-risk by state mandates on its Facebook page.
“People are considered ‘High-Risk’ when certain factors are present that put them at a higher risk of danger,” the post read.
Examples provided by the department included young children, individuals with “disorienting diseases” like Alzheimer’s, or individuals threatening to severely harm themselves.
The reason someone is classified as high-risk “will not always be shared on social media, unless it is absolutely necessary to protect that individual,” the post noted.
Anyone with information about a missing person is urged to call 911 or a local police department since law enforcement Facebook pages and Twitter feeds are not constantly monitored.
