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Search on for missing Moyie teen

September 19, 2012
Family and friends are on the look-out for a Moyie Springs teen who went missing from her home this morning. A missing person report has been filed with the sheriff's office, but the girl will be listed as a runaway until 48 hours pass, when her status will be changed to missing if she hasn't returned home.

According to her parents, 15 year-old Deya Avery left the home at about 11:30 a.m. today with a person or persons unknown and has not been seen since. Her mother, Tia Avery, said she left for a few minutes to take her husband Jeff his lunch at work, and when she returned home, she noticed a fresh set of tire tracks in the drive and Deya gone.

The clothes she'd been wearing this morning were in the girl's room, so she doesn't even know what the teen was wearing.

A neighbor told of seeing a car pull out of the drive onto Elk Street and drive toward Highway 95, but did not get a description of the vehicle, nor the direction the vehicle traveled once it reached the highway.

Deya is described as having blonde hair, hazel eyes, she's five-foot four inches tall and of slim build.

"I just hope she's with someone we know," Tia said. "I'm scared to death she might have been taken by someone she chatted with on the Internet."

Anyone with any information on Deya Avery's whereabouts is asked to call the Boundary County Sheriff's Office, (208) 267-3151, extension zero. If you see what may be an abduction, call 911. Those with information can also call the Avery family, (208) 267-5495 or (208) 946-6108.

"We just want her home safe," her family said.
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