Search suspended for Lakewood girl

LAKEWOOD, Wash. – Lakewood Police on Saturday called off their search for a 10-year-old girl missing since Friday, even though her location was still unknown.

Adre-Anna Jackson disappeared Friday after she left her apartment for a five-minute walk to Tillicum Elementary.

Her family said they didn’t realize she was missing until late Friday afternoon because they didn’t know the school was closed because of snow.

On Saturday, Lakewood Police searched the girl’s apartment as well as nearby American Lake for clues to Adre-Anna’s disappearance.

From Friday night through Saturday afternoon, up to 120 searchers and family members knocked on doors, handed out fliers and searched nearby parks and neighborhoods for the girl, but turned up few if any leads, said Lakewood Assistant Police Chief Dave Hall.

“We haven’t given up hope,” Hall told the News Tribune Saturday night.

“But we have searched all logical and available places where this young girl could have gone.

“Right now we don’t have a whole lot,” Hall said. “But we’re going to continue interviewing and re-interviewing people to make sure we don’t miss anything.”

Adre-Anna’s disappearance, for now, is being treated as a missing person’s investigation, Hall confirmed.

Her mother said the fourth-grader was carrying a black and pink backpack.

She was wearing blue jeans, possibly a blue shirt and white tennis shoes. She’s just under 5 feet tall and weighs approximately 78 pounds.

She has brown hair with reddish highlights. She may have been wearing a puffy black coat or jacket.