Michigan authorities on Monday afternoon found missing 15-year-old Adriana Davidson, who was last seen near an Ann Arbor high school on Jan. 27, according to her family.
“This is the hardest thing I’ve even had to do but, my daughter Adriana was found and she has passed on!” her father, John Davidson, wrote in a Monday Facebook post. “I’m not sure where I go from here but, I am so grateful for all the support and love from everyone across this nation especially family and friends that have helped searching and posting for Adriana!”
Davidson added that his family needs “time to grieve” after the tragic discovery.
Adriana — who also goes by Addy — did not return home after going to school on Friday, at which point her family began looking for her, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) reported.
MISSING MICHIGAN TEEN ADRIANA DAVIDSON LAST SEEN 4 DAYS AGO AFTER PHONE FOUND AT SCHOOL
Davidson is described as 5 ft., 2 in. tall, weighing 100 lbs. She was last seen wearing black, slip-on Ugg boots.
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Davidson’s friends last saw her around 11 a.m. outside Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, according to WCSO.
Her brother, Anthony Lopez, said someone found the 15-year-old’s phone near the high school’s tennis courts on Friday and returned it to Davidson’s friend.
In a video posted to Facebook on Monday, Lopez said he and his family were doing an interview with FOX 2 News when he got a call to go to the sheriff’s office “right away.”
Missing Adriana Davidson was last seen at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Jan. 27.
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“The two detectives were there and they let us know that they found Adriana and that she has passed on,” Lopez said in the emotional video. “My little sister is dead.”
It is unclear where authorities discovered the deceased teenager.
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Lopez had been pushing for authorities to release video footage of his sister on a public Ann Arbor bus called “The Ride” traveling on route 29 on Friday afternoon.
Adriana Davidson was reported missing to the sheriff’s office around midnight on Sunday, at which point authorities began an active search for the 15-year-old girl.
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Davidson’s family told 7 Action News that Davidson didn’t feel well when she got to school on Friday morning and left school shortly after arriving. Video footage apparently shows her returning to school on “The Ride” bus later that afternoon but does not show her going inside the school building.
“A student told her best friend that they saw her at the bus stop with a man in a black sweatshirt & black pants & ‘they didn’t seem like they knew each other’ but who knows,” Lopez wrote in a Saturday update, along with a flyer showing photos and a description of Davidson.
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WCSO Director of Community Engagement Derrick Jackson told 7 Action News that there are “definitely some suspicious pieces to this” missing persons case.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about Davidson’s whereabouts to contact the Washtenaw Metro Dispatch at 734-994-2911 submit anonymous tips to 734-973-7711.
