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UPDATE: Missing Jackson girl found safe, alert canceled

An endangered child alert has been issued for a missing 13-year-old girl by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

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UPDATE, Aug. 22, 2017: A missing 13-year-old girl from Jackson has been found safe, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

An endangered child alert was issued for Tyesha Howard on Monday. TBI canceled the alert around 11 p.m. Tuesday, saying Howard had been safely recovered.

ORIGINAL STORY, Aug. 21, 2017: An endangered child alert has been issued for a missing 13-year-old Jackson girl by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The Jackson Police Department said Tyesha Howard was last seen wearing pajama pants, a pink sock on her right foot and a white sock on her left foot. She also had a dark blue blanket.

She was last seen getting into a white Toyota four-door full-size pickup truck with a black bumper guard down the door and a sunroof around 11:30 a.m. at 800 Old Hickory Blvd. in Jackson.

Witnesses said the truck was driven by a black male in his early 20s. He had dreadlocks in two pony tails and a cast on his right foot.

If you have information on Tyesha’s whereabouts, contact the Jackson Police Department at 731-425-8400 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

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