Police have expanded the search for Alisa Petrov, a missing teenage girl from Utah, to Texas.
The Context
Petrov, 15, was last seen on April 21. The South Jordan Police Department (SJPD), which is leading the investigation, said she walked away from her school in American Fork, went to a local gas station and later boarded a Utah Transit Authority train.
She was last seen getting off the train in Provo, Utah, around 15 miles south of American Fork, and reportedly asked people for help getting to Las Vegas, which is nearly 400 miles away.
The SJPD said she is listed “as a Runaway Juvenile who is endangered.”
What To Know
The SJPD said on Saturday that it had received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children identifying a man in Texas who is believed to have communicated with Petrov before she left school on April 21. The man’s name was not released…