PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Alexus Howard has been located and is safe, according to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office.
ORIGINAL REPORT: Pasco Sheriff’s deputies have launched a search for 17-year-old Alexus Howard, who was reported missing after being seen late Thursday night.
Authorities classified Howard as a missing/runaway teen following her disappearance from the State Road 54 area of New Port Richey.
Investigators say Howard was last spotted around 11 p.m. on April 23. She is described as being 5 feet tall and weighing approximately 148 pounds. She has red and black hair and brown eyes. At the time she went missing, she was wearing a white button-up shirt, blue jeans, and black-and-white shoes.
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The Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to keep a lookout and report any sightings immediately.
If you have any information regarding where Howard might be, you are urged to call the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102 and select option 7. Tips can also be submitted digitally through the agency’s official website at PascoSheriff.com/tips.
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