COLORADO SPRINGS — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is asking for the community's help in finding 13-year-old Akilah Shameah Stokes.
She was last seen on Thursday, April 10, around 3:00 p.m. in the 4200 block of East Pikes Peak Avenue near the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy.
According to police, she's 4'1" with brown eyes and black hair. She was wearing a blue shirt and grey sweatpants.
If you have any information on Stokes and her location, please contact CSPD at (719)444-7000.
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