SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – A Midlands family is pleading for the public’s help after they say their daughter ran away from an Upstate children’s home.
According to the family, the Department of Social Services (DSS) placed Columbia resident and 17-year-old Perla Garcia—who goes by her middle name, Azul—in a Spartanburg center to help her address mental health challenges.
“She does have some issue,” a family member told FOX Carolina. “Leading up to this, she ran away for a week [from home], so she was a flight risk already.”…