FBI Joins Search For 13-Year-Old Black Girl Who’s Been Missing For Months

Photo: City Of Gary The FBI is partnering with local officials to investigate the disappearance of 13-year-old Black girl from Gary, Indiana, PEOPLE reports. Ja’Niyah McMichael, 13, was reported missing on August 11. The city of Gary announced in an update that federal officers will now be helping local police in the search for McMichael. Gary police have “been in active communication with the family members of Ja’Niyah McMichael, who have assisted in the investigation” since her August disappearance, the city said in a statement. “This is an active and ongoing investigation. This investigation has led Gary Detectives to secure a court approved search warrant which was executed [Saturday] in partnership with the FBI. To preserve the integrity of the case, the Gary Police Department is limited in additional details that can be shared publicly.” The search warrant was executed at a home in Gary, according to reports. McMichael’s grandmother, Dalia Guerrero, said the family is “not gonna stop until we find her and bring her home.” Guerrero asked the public to “keep sharing anything little to the public that they see or hear, or whatever they hear on the streets, could be something big for us.” “Ja’Niyah is very...