Hi there:
A friend of mine is a grandfather of two sisters. His son is the biological father and is completely AWOL and has given up his rights. The mother is in jail and has given up all rights. The girls (sisters) are officially wards of the state; one is in a group home (she's 13) and her older sister is 14 and lives with her uncle and aunt (younger brother of the bio Dad) and officially adopted the oldest girl. The uncle and aunt tried to adopt the youngest, as well, but she would not stay home, she is a victim of trauma and ran away daily.
The youngest girl (in a group home at this time) has run away from her group home occasionally, and her last run away was around August 6th. To my understanding, she is still missing her grandfather just found out about that two days ago. His last contact with the group home staff and the DCS casemanager was that she was IN this group home. What is your recommendation for the grandfather or uncle and aunt (who have her older sister) to file a missing persons report with the police? Can or should they do that? What should they do when they have a granddaughter (niece) who once found and returned to the group home will start to plan to runaway again? My fear is that she is in harms way clearly right now as a 13 year old somewhere in Phoenix, Arizona. Please advise at your earliest.
L. Sandbloom
A friend of mine is a grandfather of two sisters. His son is the biological father and is completely AWOL and has given up his rights. The mother is in jail and has given up all rights. The girls (sisters) are officially wards of the state; one is in a group home (she's 13) and her older sister is 14 and lives with her uncle and aunt (younger brother of the bio Dad) and officially adopted the oldest girl. The uncle and aunt tried to adopt the youngest, as well, but she would not stay home, she is a victim of trauma and ran away daily.
The youngest girl (in a group home at this time) has run away from her group home occasionally, and her last run away was around August 6th. To my understanding, she is still missing her grandfather just found out about that two days ago. His last contact with the group home staff and the DCS casemanager was that she was IN this group home. What is your recommendation for the grandfather or uncle and aunt (who have her older sister) to file a missing persons report with the police? Can or should they do that? What should they do when they have a granddaughter (niece) who once found and returned to the group home will start to plan to runaway again? My fear is that she is in harms way clearly right now as a 13 year old somewhere in Phoenix, Arizona. Please advise at your earliest.
L. Sandbloom
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