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Valerie Griego-Ayala, 14, was last seen around 3 p.m. Thursday in the 6100 block of West 13th Avenue in Lakewood.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A Missing Indigenous Person Alert was issued for a teen in Lakewood Friday.
The alert issued by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Valerie Griego-Ayala, 14, was last seen around 3 p.m. Thursday in the 6100 block of West 13th Avenue in Lakewood.
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Griego-Ayala is described as being 5-foot-6, weighing 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She is affiliated with the Young Blood tribe.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or Lakewood Police at 303-980-7300.
If an Indigenous person goes missing in Colorado, the state sends out a specific alert. The new system went live in January 2023.
SB 22-150 expanded the investigation into cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people, and created the Missing Indigenous Person Alert through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
A request for such an alert must come from police. The law also requires a law enforcement agency that receives a report of a missing Indigenous person to tell CBI within eight hours if it involves an adult, or within two hours for a missing child.
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