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Local Girl Missing, Fliers Posted

Fliers with Lorraine Bianca Rivera's description are showing up around town since she ran away June 12.

A Prince William County family is looking for their daughter. According to fliers posted around the community in Lake Ridge and Woodbridge, 14-year-old Lorraine Bianca Rivera has been missing since June 12 when she ran away from home. 

"It appears she is a runaway," said police spokesperson Jonathan Perok, who had nothing more to add.

Two Facebook pages have been created in hopes of finding Lorraine. One page, "Help Find Lorraine" is asking for help if anyone has spotted Lorraine. 

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The second page, "Help us Find My Cousin Lorraine Bianca Rivera," is also asking for clues. Both pages have messages begging Lorraine to return home.

One missing flier states that Lorraine is originally from New Jersey and that she may have tried to travel to New Jersey or New York area. 

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Lorraine's family has not heard from her since she went missing, said the Facebook page.

On the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website, Lorraine is an "endangered runaway" and states: "Lorraine has her ears pierced. She was wearing plaid pink shoes."

Lorraine is described as 200 pounds, 5-foot-4-inches-tall with shoulder-length brown hair and a one-inch vertical scar in the center of her forehead. The flier also states that she may answer to "Raine" or "Rainey." 

Church on the Move, a Lake Ridge-area church, has headed up the community search for Lorraine, providing a link to the flier on their church website and Facebook page, and asking everyone to pray for the missing teen.

On June 22, they held a 24-hour prayer chain. And on June 25, they canceled a ladies Bible study in order to pass out fliers, hang up fliers, and ask people if they had seen Lorraine. Members posted pictures of Lorraine and wrote out prayers for her safe return.

The flier asks that anyone with information call the Prince William County Police department at 703-792-6500 or 703-792-7200.

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