Search Continues for Missing 14-Year-Old St. Charles Girl

The search for a 14-year-old St. Charles girl missing since Wednesday night continued on Sunday as police and volunteers scoured parks, apartment complexes and business districts from Main Street to Randall Road. The searchers, however, did not find Emily Czajkowski.

Deputy Police Chief David Kintz told the Kane County Chronicle that police reviewed video from a Randall Road business but the video did not include footage of the girl.

Purple and yellow ribbons were tied to signs and street lamps in St. Charles, Geneva, Campton Hills and other spots in the Fox Valley by moms, dads and children as a show of support during their search for Emily.

Emily Czajkowski was last seen after she was dropped off for a dance class at Pottawatomie Community Center at about 6:35 p.m. on July 22. She never attended the class and was seen on video surveillance leaving the building while talking on her cell phone, according to a St. Charles Police Department press release.

Soon after, she posted a message to friends on a social media site that said she intended to hurt herself by unknown means, according to the news release. That message was quickly deleted.

Emily was spotted walking west on West Main Street a short time after leaving the community center. She then was seen between 7 and 8 p.m. in the area of West Main and South 14th streets. Emily was last seen wearing brightly-colored shirt, brightly-colored shorts and blue, knee-high socks. She was carrying an oversized, furry snow-leopard-patterned bag.

Anybody with information on Emily’s whereabouts is asked to contact the St. Charles Police Department at 630-377-4435 or, if she’s spotted, dial 911.