Tukwila Police report missing 14-year-old girl found safe | Update

Lily Ellis last seen March 5 near bus stop by Westfield Southcenter Mall, located in Kent

Lily Ellis, 14, has been missing since March 5 near a bus stop in Tukwila, according to Tukwila Police. COURTESY PHOTO, Tukwila Police

Lily Ellis, 14, has been missing since March 5 near a bus stop in Tukwila, according to Tukwila Police. COURTESY PHOTO, Tukwila Police

Tukwila Police report that a missing 14-year-old girl was found safe Tuesday afternoon, March 9 in Kent and has been reunited with her family.

Lillian Ellis, aka Lily, was last seen between 7 and 7:30 p.m. March 5 at a bus stop in the 100 block of Andover Park West, according to Tukwila Police. The bus stop is just east of the Westfield Southcenter Mall.

At the time Lily was last seen, she was wearing a royal blue windbreaker, dark wash blue jeans with holes in the knees and white Nike Air Force sneakers. She is 5 feet 1 inches tall with dark brown hair with some blue color in it and hazel eyes.


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