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15-year-old Hilton Head teen home safe after missing for more than 2 weeks, police say

A 15-year-old Hilton Head Island girl who was missing for more than two weeks returned home safe Monday afternoon, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Kailah Monroe’s family reported her as a runaway juvenile to the Sheriff’s Office on July 28.

The Savannah Police Department located Monroe unharmed Monday and brought her back to Hilton Head, the release said.

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Lana Ferguson typically covers stories in northern Beaufort County, Jasper County and Hampton County. She joined The Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette in 2018 as a crime/breaking news reporter. Before coming to the Lowcountry, she worked for publications in her home state of Virginia and graduated from the University of Mississippi, where she was editor-in-chief of the daily student newspaper. Lana was also a fellow at the University of South Carolina’s Media Law School in 2019. Support my work with a digital subscription
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