Lacking 14-year-old San Francisco lady discovered protected in Pittsburg
UPDATE February 26th 5:03 pm Katlin Gallaread, who has been missing for more than a week, was found safely in Pittsburg, according to a tweet from the Pittsburg Police Department.
An attentive city landscaper recognized Gallaread, 14, and her companion Tyler Sexton, 16, according to police.
Katlin’s father, Jason Gallaread, confirmed to KTVU that Pittsburgh police had found his daughter.
February 26, 7:45 a.m. Jason Gallaread, Katlin Gallaread’s father, told news outlets Thursday that she left a note before her sudden departure. In the note, she expressed feelings of isolation from the pandemic closing schools, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. (SFGATE and The Chronicle are both owned by Hearst, but operate independently.)
She’s a freshman at Wallenberg High, and she said her grades have dropped. Their escape was motivated by the need to solve their problems, the Chronicle said.
February 25th 9:15 pm Katlin Gallaread, who has been missing since February 16, could be with another escaped youth, the San Francisco police said on Thursday.
Gallaread, 14, may be traveling with Tyler Sexton, 16, from Monroe, Michigan, police said. Sexton is described as a white man, 1.70 m tall, weighing 155 pounds.
The last known place for the two teenagers was Sacramento.
Anyone with information about this investigation is encouraged to call SFPD’s 24-hour tip hotline at 415-575-4444 or send a tip to TIP411 and begin the SMS with SFPD.
February 24, 11:15 a.m. Bank records could prove to be evidence of the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl from San Francisco.
Katlin Gallaread was last seen on Tuesday February 16.
That was the last dinner with her father Jason Gallaread. He told KTVU that Katlin went to her room after eating together.
Sometime between that evening and early last Wednesday, Katlin left her home on Western Addition. A surveillance video from Ring found her at around 9:45 p.m. in front of her house.
The high school freshman hasn’t contacted her family since then – and her father said in a KTVU interview that she feared a stranger persuaded her to run away from home.
At the time, police said in a statement that they made frequent visits to Safeway on Webster Street, the target on Geary Blvd. and Japantown.
A photo of Katlin Gallaread provided by the San Francisco Police Department.
San Francisco Police Department
While the search for Katlin in San Francisco went on and on, Jason said that her bank records – withdrawn from her savings – might contain information about her current whereabouts.
Hours after her disappearance, a payout was made in Chinatown that he said was not a neighborhood she was in. The next reported withdrawal was days later in West Sacramento, where her entire savings account was withdrawn.
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“I’m very worried about my daughter,” Jason Gallaread told KTVU. “The streets are very tough. There are a lot of sick people out here.”
Police continue to look for clues related to her disappearance and are working with other jurisdictions, but it remains unclear whether the bank details or her cell phone use will be used as evidence. You will continue to include all information on the SFPD Tippline.
A San Francisco police spokesman declined to comment, citing an ongoing investigation against SFGATE.
