UPDATE: Missing 16-year-old Kamloops girl found

UPDATE: 6:37 a.m., Oct. 5, 2015

KAMLOOPS – Kamloops RCMP say Shelby Copping, 16, has been safely located.

2:53 p.m., Oct. 1, 2015

KAMLOOPS – Police are searching for a 16-year-old girl who was reported missing by her family yesterday.

Shelby Copping is 5’10” tall, has brown hair and green eyes and weighs approximately 155 lbs.

In a media release, Cpl. Cheryl Bush of Kamloops RCMP says Copping was reported missing yesterday, Sept. 30, and has been sighted a few times in the city, but officers and family members have not been able to confirm her wellbeing.

Anyone with information on the teen’s location is asked to contact the local detachment at 250-828-3000.

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