Crime & Safety
Missing Dearborn Heights Teen Found Safe: Report
Police feared the teen may have been a victim of sex trafficking.
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI — A Dearborn Heights teen who had been missing for over a month was found safe Wednesday, according to local reports.
Tasia Keaton, 16, was found in an apartment near Vista Maria, a social services housing facility that the teen ran away from on March 14, according to reports.
The teen was last seen on March 17 on a gas station surveillance camera near the area of Beech Daly and Joy Road before she was found, police said.
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Police feared the teen may have been a victim of sex trafficking. There was an $8,000 reward offered for information leading to finding her.
Multiple metro Detroit police departments assisted with the investigation.
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