Hunt still on for missing teen

Search teams are still trying to find a 13-year-old girl from Manassas who went missing yesterday and are asking for the community’s help.

In a press release police spokeswoman Kim Chinn wrote, “She will likely be hiding from police. We need citizens to check all around their homes including sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide.“

Alexis Glover, 13, was last seen at the Central Library 8601 Mathis Ave, Manassas around noon yesterday.  She is developmentally disabled and has other medical issues.

She is described as a black, with short dark hair and dark eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing about 85 pounds. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes.

An extensive search has been ongoing since noon yesterday. Officers on foot, on bike, Blood Hounds, K-9’s, Search and Rescue teams from Prince William county Police and Appalachian Search and Rescue are involved in the search. Other agencies that are or have been involved are, Manassas City Police, Manassas Park Police, Prince William County Sheriff’s Office, and Fairfax and Virginia State Police Helicopters.  In addition a reverse telephone call system has been used to alert residents and ask them to check around their homes for her, police said.

Anyone with information on the missing girl has been asked to call Prince William police, at 703-792-6500.