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Authorities seek information on missing Upper Lake teen
UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s help in locating a missing 15-year-old girl who may have run away.
Authorities are trying to find Avril Wright of Upper Lake, according to Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Paulich told Lake County News that on Thursday the girl’s mother, Sahra Wilcoxson, contacted the Lake County Sheriff's Office to report her daughter missing.
He said Wilcoxson told authorities that the girl did not return home from school from Upper Lake High School.
Wilcoxson stated Avril was last seen at 12:30 p.m. Thursday during her lunch break at school. Avril was not seen after her last period of school, Paulich said.
Paulich said Wilcoxson believes Avril may be en route to Wichita, Kansas, where her father is currently awaiting surgery.
Avril was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt with white lettering, blue jeans and boots. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds, Paulich reported.
Paulich said the sheriff’s patrol units are following up on the case as they receive more information.
If you have any information of the whereabouts of Avril Wright, please contact the Lake County Sheriff's Office at 707-263-2690.