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Update, Aug. 7: Jaelyn Tyler was found safe at approximately 11 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, according to the Mobile Police Department. “Thank you all for your participation and dedication,” the department said in a release, crediting the public for its help finding her.

MOBILE, Ala. — The Mobile Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing teenager considered missing and endangered, according to MPD.

Police identified the teen as 16-year-old Jaelyn Tyler. According to an MPD news release, Tyler was last seen around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the 5000 block of Government Boulevard.

MPD described Tyler as approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing around 108 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink bonnet, a white long-sleeved shirt and a pink sweatshirt, according to police.

Officers said Tyler is known to frequent the Grand Bay and Irvington areas.

Anyone with information on Tyler’s whereabouts is asked to call Mobile police immediately at 251-208-7211.

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