DC DC - Gladys Keitt, 18, Washington DC, 2 March 2017

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18-year-old Gladys Keitt, last seen on Thursday morning in the 200 block of Randolph Place, Northeast. Keitt as a black woman, 5'2, weighing 125 pounds with black single braided hair in a pony tail.

Keitt was last seen wearing sky blue jeans, purple and black sneakers and a hooded black coat with a belt.

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http://wjla.com/news/local/dc-police-searching-for-missing-18-year-old
 
DC police address concerns over missing teens | WTOP

WASHINGTON — The figure is startling — more than a dozen black and Latina teens have been reported missing in D.C. since March 1.

The apparent jump in the number of missing young people in the District has raised concern in neighborhoods and on social media.

Teen Vogue’s headline: “Most media outlets aren’t reporting on the disappearance of Black and Latinx D.C. teens.” Vibe’s report: “10 Black and Latinx teens missing in D.C. and the media is silent.”

Actually, what’s happening is D.C. police are now acknowledging a continuing problem.

In fact, D.C. police sources say there has actually been a decrease in missing persons reports over the last several years.

And, there is no evidence to suggest that the missing children are connected or part of a human trafficking group, police said.

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Teenage girls reported missing in March in the District (who have not already returned safely):

The missing teenage boys are:

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Police Blame Social Media for Missing Girls Hysteria: 'No increase in missing persons in DC'


Friday, March 24, 2017

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Government officials and law enforcement in Washington, D.C. are responding to social media hysteria surrounding missing girls reports.

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Responding to the thousands of tweets about missing girls, Commander Chanel Dickerson of the Youth and Family Services Division said:

“The number of missing persons reports has remained constant since 2014. What has changed is our way of getting that information out quickly and the tools that we are using to get that out."

The department's Twitter page apologized to the public for giving the false impression that a large group of girls have suddenly gone missing due to foul play.

"There isn't a spike in missing people in DC, we're just using social media more to help locate them. Sorry to alarm you," the department tweeted.

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The department said the girls are runaways who have not returned home yet.

officials acknowledged D.C. has a runaway problem.

“The difficult thing is some of these kids do go missing multiple times,” said Acting Police Chief Peter Newsham. “When they go missing, guess what? You have a child out there and there are people in our community that will prey on those children.”
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