Fifteen-year-old Charnayjia Peterkin was reported missing from Charleston, West Virginia, on Saturday, December 13, 2025. She was under the care of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and was last seen in the Cross Lanes area of Kanawha County wearing a creme-colored top and matching bottom sweats.

Investigators received a tip that she may have left the area in an older, boxy, blue sedan. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office asked the public for help and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children circulated her case file. At the time of the report authorities said she was not believed to be in danger.

Information from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office indicates Charnayjia Peterkin was located in March of 2026, though few details about the circumstances of her being found have been released. Does anyone in the Charleston or Cross Lanes area have information about her whereabouts in December 2025?