WilCo Deputies Search For Teen Runaway

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TX — Law enforcement officials are seeking help from the public in locating a teen runaway who was last seen on Tuesday, officials said.

According to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office, 15-year-old Hailey Martin was last seen at her family's home along the 8600 block of Ephraim Road on Tuesday. "Deputies and family believe she could potentially be in danger," officials wrote on Twitter.

The home on Ephraim Road is located in the part of Austin that is within county jurisdiction, north of Texas 45 and west of FM 620 in the Brushy Creek neighborhood.

Those with information about the girl's whereabouts are urged to call 9-1-1.

Hailey Martin, 15, was last seen at her family's home along the 8600 block of Ephraim Road. Photo provided by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office.

A woman claiming to be the girl's mom updated residents on a Facebook neighborhood page titled People of Round Rock late Wednesday night, suggesting the girl was not in danger. The woman, Trina Moore, posted a screenshot of the girl taken during a Snapchat video in the hopes someone might recognize her and alert to her whereabouts.

"We have learned she is at a boy’s house and the parents do not know she is there," the woman wrote. "We are pretty sure she is not abducted at this point. She is a troubled girl, and we just want her home."

The woman added that the girl might be in a neighborhood near Brushy Creek Park/Sutter Creek Trail/Hillside Drive.

In a separate tweet, the sheriff's office said the girl was last seen wearing a green hoodie while carrying a Victorian doll and black backpack with a blue suitcase. She has long brown hair, according to the sheriff's office. The fuller description was tweeted by the sheriff on Sunday, according to a time stamp, even as a subsequent tweet indicated the girl had not been seen since Tuesday. It's unclear why a chronological inconsistency exists between the two tweets.

This is a developing story. Patch will update when more details are known.