ELLIJAY, Ga. — The Gilmer County Sheriff's Office hopes the community can help track down a teen from Ellijay who might be headed to the metro Atlanta area.
According to the sheriff's office, Shyann Richards was last seen around 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4.
Deputies believe she ran away and left her home in the Clear Creek Road area; they added that she stated she was "going to Atlanta."
Anyone with information about Richards' whereabouts is asked to call Detective Henson in the Criminal Investigations Division at 706-635-4646 or Gilmer County Dispatch at 706-635-8911.
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