Search for missing Ozark County teen continues

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Wednesday marks the two-week point of the disapperance of an Ozark County teen. A spokesperson for the Ozark County Sheriff’s Office says the search continues for 16-year-old Savannah Leckie.Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed said earlier, Leckie disappeared from Longrun sometime between 11:00 Wednesday night, July 19  and 8:00 Thursday morning, July 20. Reed says the search for Leckie has been non-stop and they will not give up until she is found. His department has been using every resource available.Leckie is a high functioning autistic and, according to authorities, will approach strangers “to a fault without understanding the dangers out there”.

She is described as Caucasian, five-foot-two inches tall, petite, weighing 110 to 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She goes by the nickname “mouse” or “Andy”. She was last seen wearing a t-shirt and jeans and may have a teal and pink computer bag.

Investigators believe she may be trying to return to other friends or family in Minnesota or searching for her biological father’s relatives in Hollister.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Ozark County Sheriff’s Office at 417-679-4633 or 911.



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