The household of a lacking California teen is asking for the general public’s assist in finding her.
Katie Hong, 16, went lacking on July 25 and was final seen on surveillance video strolling towards Irvington Group Park in Fremont.
Hong is Korean American, roughly 5 ft tall and weighs 100 kilos, and has medium-length, darkish brown hair and brown eyes. She wears braces and was final seen carrying a navy blue zip-up jacket, grey sweats and a pink Patagonia backpack.
Fremont police mentioned Hong wrote a observe expressing her intention of “working away,” according to a press release. Police consider she could have been assembly up with a gaggle of mates she met on the net chat group Discord.
“The observe indicated the folks wouldn’t present her with their true names, and it doesn’t seem that Katie met these folks previous to her being lacking,” the press launch mentioned.
Hong’s uncle, James Han, informed ABC 7 News that her household is “completely devastated.”
“My brother-in-law and sister-in-law have been completely devastated,” Han mentioned. “It has been very onerous on all of us.”
Lt. Calvin Tang informed ABC 7 that Hong, who enjoys taking part in video video games, additionally gave the impression to be holding a pc monitor when she was filmed on surveillance video.
“Studying what she performs, how she performs, how she interacts with different customers is a key issue on this investigation,” Tang mentioned.
Hong’s uncle has set up a GoFundMe in order that her mother and father can take leaves of absence from work to dedicate themselves to looking for their daughter.
“If there are unused funds, we plan to donate them to non-profit organizations that [focus] on discovering and rescuing lacking youngsters,” the GoFundMe put up reads.
Police are asking for anybody with details about Hong’s whereabouts to name their investigations line at 510-490-6900, or to submit an anonymous tip here.
