Found missing person: young woman near Kalamazoo Riverfront Park
Description
I found a missing person yesterday around 3pm near Kalamazoo Riverfront Park, by the fountain on West Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo. She's about 5'4", wearing a teal windbreaker over a gray hoodie, dark jeans, and white sneakers. She has short curly brown hair and a small crescent tattoo on her inner left wrist, plus a silver hoop earring in her left ear. She looked a bit disoriented but was otherwise safe, and I stayed with her until deputies from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office arrived to help check for family or identifying information. If this sounds like someone you’re looking for, you can reach me at [email protected].
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