Crime & Safety
Public's Help Sought In Finding Missing Lilburn Teen
Police said Leila Novljakovic has been missing since May 16, and her cell phone captured her last known location on June 5 in Atlanta.
LILBURN, GA — The public's assistance is needed in finding a 15-year-old Lilburn girl who has been missing since May 16, Gwinnett County Police said Friday.
Police said Leila Novljakovic, a Parkview High student, was last seen around 6 a.m. at her Ridgewood Drive home before leaving for school. The last known location captured on her cell phone was on June 5 in Atlanta.
Novljakovic has red hair and hazel eyes. She is about 5-feet-9-inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. She wore grey sweatpants, a maroon shirt, black flip-flops with white writing and a pink backpack at the time she went missing. She has a tattoo of a heart with a circle on her left wrist, scarring on her left forearm and a piercing in her left nostril, police said.
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Gwinnett County School Police was the initial investigating agency before Gwinnett County Police Department took the lead in the case.
Police ask for anyone with information to call detectives, (770) 513-5300. Anonymous tipsters can call Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta, (404) 577-8477, or visit the Crime Stoppers website.Find out what's happening in Lilburn-Mountain Parkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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