The SAPD is looking for a young lady who has been missing for almost two years

On 01/23/2018, sixteen-year-old missing person Shakyia Griffin (18) Santa Ana voluntarily left her home she had been placed in by Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. She immediately left the area and is believed to be in the Los Angeles area and/or Las Vegas.

Shakyia is now eighteen-years-old and her case with DCFS is closed. We need to make contact with her to verify she is okay and then the Missing Persons case can be closed.

Description: Black, Female, 5’9”, 180 lbs., and she was wearing weaves in her hair at the time she went missing. She has unknown tattoos on her left forearm.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Shakyia are asked to contact Investigator Jurado at ‪714-245-8353 and/or vjurado@santa-ana.org or Detective Garcia at 714-245-8408 and/or agarcia3@santa-ana.org.‬

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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