Police follow up on leads in continuing search for missing teen
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is continuing its efforts to locate a missing teenager who was last seen by her family on Tuesday.
Police are looking for Lia Nicole Long, 16, with the help of the FBI, numerous state and local law enforcement agencies and the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.
Over the last several days Lakeport Police officers have followed up on many leads and have investigated individuals who may have been with Long since Monday afternoon.
One of those individuals, Antonio Malik Walls and his vehicle, listed in earlier police reports, are no longer being sought for investigation, police said.
Police said numerous California and nationwide alerts for Long have been issued and are currently being targeted to the public in the Williams, Sacramento, San Francisco Bay and the Los Angeles areas.
They also are continuing to seek the identity of a light-skinned white or Hispanic male and a black male adult who they believe Long left Williams with in a blue- or silver-colored BMW, possibly a late 1999 or early 2000s 7 series model, on Tuesday between 4 and 8 p.m.
Police said they continue to be concerned for Long’s safety.
Long is described as a light-skinned American Indian female, standing 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 125 pounds, with long black hair and brown eyes.
She has one dermal (dimple) piercing on both her right and left cheek, the words “Forever in my heart Alyssa 05/23/17” are tattooed on her right clavicle and an upside down crescent moon on her right thigh.
Police ask anyone with information regarding her location or activity to contact your local law enforcement agency or the Lakeport Police Department via Facebook, anonymous text message from your cellular phone by texting the words TIP LAKEPORT followed by your message to the number 888777 or by telephone at 707-263-5491.