Missing NC Teen Could Be In Pinellas County With People She Met On Dating App

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A missing North Carolina girl could be in St. Petersburg or elsewhere in Pinellas County, St. Petersburg police wrote in a Facebook post.

Emma Grace Galindo, 17, of Gastonia, North Carolina has been missing since earlier this month.

She was last seen leaving work at a Food Lion grocery store on S. New Hope Road in Gastonia, Gastonia police wrote in a Facebook post.

Police didn’t share the last date Emma was seen but they said it was “a few days” before their Aug. 14 post.

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The teen has red hair and green eyes, and stands about 5 feet, 3 inches tall. She was last seen in her work uniform, a black polo shirt and black pants, police said.

Emma has run away before and authorities are concerned she may be with people she met through a teenage dating app.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact St. Petersburg police at 727-893-7780 or by texting SPPD and the tip to TIP411.