Amber Alert issued for missing Texas girls – WWNY

MCGREGOR, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) – The Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday morning issued an Amber Alert for two Central Texas girls missing for days.McGregor authorities are searching for Emilee Solomon, 14, and Aysha Cross, 14, who have been missing since Tuesday, June 28. They were last seen in the 900 block of W. 10th Street in McGregor.On Saturday, McGregor police Lt. Ron McCurry said the disappearances of Emilee Solomon and Aysha Cross did not meet Department of Public Safety criteria for Amber Alerts, but added the situation is troubling because most young people in these situations are returned home safely within eight to 12 hours.KWTX on Monday confirmed with the McGregor Police Department that the case was upgraded to an Amber Alert when police were sent a screenshot from Cross’ Snapchat story with the message “help.”Police on Monday told KWTX they still don’t have much to go on, but an FBI agent is at their office to help.“We are following all leads and doing everything we can to find these young girls,” McCurry said.Volunteers and friends of the girls were searching parks in McGregor and other locations Saturday in an effort to find the teens.Sara Dunn, Emilee Solomon’s…
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