10 year old Washington state girl missing

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for her safe return..

 

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FBI joins search for missing Lakewood girl

05:52 PM PST on Sunday, December 4, 2005

KING Staff and Wire Reports

 

LAKEWOOD, Wash. - The FBI is aiding in the investigation into the disappearance of a 10-year-old Lakewood girl. While the ground search has been called off, agents were with Lakewood Police Sunday and provided sonar equipment to search American Lake.

 

Police also say two girls called police, saying that they saw Adre-Anna Jackson on Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Woodbrook Middle School.

 

Adre-Anna 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.

 

Police are interviewing family members and those close to Adre-Anna.

 

The girl's disappearance, for now, is being treated as a missing person's investigation, Hall said.

 

Adre-Anna's mother, Yvette Gervais, 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.

 

The girl lives in an apartment with her mother and stepfather. Neighbors said they would often see her out alone and at least one of them suspects there is trouble at home.

 

"This is not an abduction," said Samaria Walker. "It's better really to look closer to home."