UPDATE: Two runaway girls from mental health facility in Park County found safe
Update: Anna Frankman and Emma Stokes, two girls who ran away from a mental health facility in Park County, have been found safe.
At approximately 3:30 p.m. Wednesday Sheriff McGraw received information that an individual had seen the two girls at an apartment complex located on 44th Avenue in Wheat Ridge, the Park County Sheriff’s Office reported today.
The Sheriff’s office contacted CBI who responded to the scene with the Wheat Ridge Police Department. The girls were soon located and escorted to the Park County Sheriff’s Office.
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The Stokes family is searching for their daughter Emma Stokes, who went missing from a mental health treatment center earlier this month and is believed to be at risk.
“We’re desperate to find her,” said Lisa Stokes, who traveled to Colorado Springs from Texas to search for her teenage daughter.
Authorities reported Emma Stokes and Anna Frankman missing on Sunday evening after running away from the Institute for Attachment and Child Development in Littleton, Colorado.
Emma Stokes is 5-foot-3 and has light brown hair with blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark blue hoodie and jeans. Anna Frankman is 5-foot-5 and has long dark brown hair with brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and jeans.
Police say a K-9 unit initially searched for the two 16-year-olds, losing the scent at highway 285.
“So they believe they got into a car,” said Jerry Stokes, the father of Emma Stokes. “So we have no leads and we have not heard from her.”
Lisa Stokes says time is of the essence because her daughter has not taken her medications since running away.
“Her safety is significantly at risk,” she said.
Volunteers and the parents of both girls will be meeting every day this weekend at 10670 Cabela’s Drive, Lone Tree, CO. The parents will be meeting at Cabela’s parking lot at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday to distribute fliers and t-shirts for volunteers.
If you have seen them or have any information on their whereabouts, police are asking you to call the Park County Dispatch Center at 719-836-4121 or to call 911.
