UPDATE: 16-year-old Makayla Buckner found safe on Wednesday
AMERICAN TOWNSHIP, OH (WLIO) - An Endangered Missing Child Advisory has been made for a still-missing teenager from American Township.
16-year-old Makayla Buckner was last seen on December 28, 2023, around 9 a.m. She is described as being 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 145 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing light blue yoga pants and a t-shirt, a Notre Dame hoodie, a cream-colored scarf, black boots, and pink glasses.
Makayla has scoliosis and cannot walk long distances by herself. If you have any information about her whereabouts you are asked to call the Lima Police Department at 419-227-4444.
Makayla Buckner on the Ohio Attorney General's Missing Child Page: https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Ohio-Missing-Persons/Missing-Children/Buckner-(1)
A GoFundMe has been started to help find Makayla Buckner and bring her home: https://gf.me/v/c/6vwh/help-bring-makayla-buckner-home
