UPDATE: She has been found, according got Lt. Robert McManus.
“It was KRON-4’s news coverage that led us to Deanna Benedetto, the missing 15-year-old,” McManus said.
SAN LEANDRO (KRON) — A San Leandro teenager that is believed to have run away over the weekend is still missing.
Her family is desperate to have her back home as soon as possible.
KRON4’s Alecia Reid spoke exclusively with the teen’s uncle.
Deanna Benedetto’s uncle was extremely emotional on Wednesday.
The family believes she may have left the house Saturday night to go meet with someone she met online, possibly an older man.
Now, she’s been gone for four days, and they’re concerned the 15-year-old might be in trouble.
She doesn’t have access to a cellphone, or money, and she’s not on any social media sites.
Her uncle says she hasn’t reached out to any of her friends since she went missing and this isn’t like her.
Deanna’s mother shut down the teen’s social media accounts about a year ago after finding out Deanna was using it to meet older men online and lying about her age.
Her family believes she may have been using various internet websites lately as a means of communication with others.
Now. they fear something is terribly wrong.
“I’m worried that she’s dead,” missing teen’s uncle Angelo Benedetto said. “…knowing how innocence can be prayed upon, you don’t hear about happy outcomes on the news, right, you don’t hear about, ‘hey, this kid took off and came back two days later.’ That doesn’t happen on the news.”
Deanna is about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds.
She was last seen wearing a black, white, and gray jacket with gray pants with a logo of a cat on one leg.
If anyone thinks they’ve spotted the teen, you’re urged to call police.