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Teen has been missing since Easter Sunday, police say. Have you seen her?

By Stephen English
Demya Copeland, a 13-year-old girl reported missing from Fort Worth more than two months ago, took an Uber to Galveston with someone she met online and was there until she had a run-in with the law and Galveston police found out she was missing, according to Fort Worth police.
Demya Copeland, a 13-year-old girl reported missing from Fort Worth more than two months ago, took an Uber to Galveston with someone she met online and was there until she had a run-in with the law and Galveston police found out she was missing, according to Fort Worth police. Fort Worth Police via Twitter
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Fort Worth police are asking for the public's help in a search for a teenage girl who was last seen the night of Easter Sunday, walking in a northwest Fort Worth neighborhood and wrapped in a polka-dot blanket.

Demya Copeland, 13, is described as about 5-foot-7 and weighing 140 pounds, according to a news release Fort Worth police posted to Twitter. She was wearing a black t-shirt and black sweatpants with pink and white stripes down the sides. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

She was last seen on foot at about 9:30 p.m. April 1 in the 4200 block of Lanyard Drive.

Police ask anyone with information on Demya to call 817-392-4222.

Demya Copeland
Demya Copeland Fort Worth Police via Twitter
Stephen English: 817-390-7330, @sbenglish74

This story was originally published April 13, 2018 at 1:38 PM with the headline "Teen has been missing since Easter Sunday, police say. Have you seen her?."

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