At approximately 8:05am Thursday a citizen driving in the 4300 block SW Urish called the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office to report a girl walking on the side of the road. Deputies were dispatched to the location and made contact with a 15-year-old girl, the same girl who was reported missing in the Lake Sherwood area earlier in the morning.
The teenage girl from Topeka was checked by AMR personnel at the scene and was reported to have minor injuries.
The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office along with Mission Township Fire Dept., The Kansas Highway Patrol Helicopter, Topeka Police Dept. and AMR responded to this incident. Mission Fire Dept. utilized 5 underwater divers who searched areas of Lake Sherwood where the girl was believed to have gone in the water.
This incident is under investigation.
