Missing Arkansas Teen Has Been Found (UPDATE)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – According to police, a missing 16-year-old from Trumann has been found safe.

Arissa Farmer hadn't been seen since Saturday night.

Around 2 a.m. on Thursday, Farmer was found near O'Neill, Nebraska with a man from Dover, Tennessee who she had apparently met on social media 

According to Trumann Assistant Police Chief Jonathan Redman, investigators found information on Farmer's computer that led them to believe that a person was possibly grooming her for sexual acts. It is unknown if that person was the man she was found with. 

The Trumann Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing/runaway juvenile.

The Trumann Police Department there has been a possible sighting of 16-year-old Arissa Farmer on Sunday morning around 7:15 at the Welcome Center on I-55 in Blytheville. Farmer was seen leaving in a silver Dodge Stratus driven by an African American man heading southbound.

According to Assistant Chief Jonathan Redman, investigators found information on Farmer's computer that a person was possibly grooming Farmer for sexual acts. That person is unknown at this time.

Arissa is around 5-foot-2, 175 pounds, with brown eyes and auburn hair. She has a mole on her chin and the left side of her hairline.

If you have any information, you are asked to contact the Trumann Police Department at 870-483-6423.

A reward for information leading to Arissa's safe return has reached $3,500, according to a Facebook post in the group called "Missing Girl-Arissa Farmer."


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