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UPDATE: 2 missing Kanawha County teens found safe

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UPDATE (Feb. 8, 2023, at 8:48 a.m.): The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office says Ja’lynn Morgan has been found safe.

UPDATE (May 27, 2022, at 7:10 p.m.): The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office says Jada McCormick, 13, has been found. Ja’lynn Morgan, 16, is still missing, according to the Sheriff’s Office.


ELKVIEW, WV (WOWK) — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating two missing juveniles.

Deputies say Jada McCormick, 13, and Ja’lynn Morgan, 16, have both been reported missing from Elkview. The KCSO says both girls live in the Cooper’s Creek area.

According to the KCSO, the teens were last seen May 18, 2022 at Herbert Hoover High School.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact the KCSO at 304-357-0169.

Jada McCormick, 13, (Left) and Ja’lynn Morgan, 16, (Right) (Photos Courtesy: Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office)