UPDATE: BSO Locates Missing Teenager From Oakland Park

by News Desk | May 24, 2022 · 5:29 pm | Oakland Park News

Missing Teenager From Oakland Park - Giona Thompkins

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UPDATE: BSO Locates Missing Teenager From Oakland Park

Have You Seen Giona Thompkins? Contact BSO.

Missing Teenager From Oakland Park - Giona Thompkins

Missing Teenager From Oakland Park – Giona Thompkins, Image Credit: Broward Sheriff’S Office

UPDATE – 5/25/22

Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit have located 14-year-old Giona Thompkins missing from Oakland Park.

Originally published by Boca Post

OAKLAND PARK, FL (Boca Post) — Broward Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help finding Giona Thompkins from Oakland Park who was last seen on Monday, May 23rd, 2022.

From Broward Sheriff’s Office:

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help to locate a 14-year-old juvenile missing from Oakland Park.
Detectives say Giona Thompkins was last seen at around 5 p.m., Monday, May 23, near the 2000 block of Northwest 32nd Court in Oakland Park. Thompkins was last seen wearing a blue shirt and blue shorts and was carrying a black bookbag. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs approximately 160 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact BSO Detective Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-HELP (4357).
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