Missing Texas Teen Thought To Be In Tulsa Area, Authorities Say

Green Country deputies need help finding a 16-year-old runaway from Texas. As of a few days ago, they believe she was running with a dangerous crowd in north Tulsa.

Detectives and her family are anxious to track her down; her family is even offering a $10,000 reward.

Paiglynn Raymond’s family has been to Tulsa looking for her, and so have deputies, passing out fliers with her picture on them.

Deputies are confident a few people have seen her around and need help to get her home.

The 16 year old was last seen in April getting a ride from a truck driver near her home in Gregg County, Texas.

Now, authorities believe she's in Tulsa.

Corporal Michael Moore with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said, "Look at the time of year it is, you have Thanksgiving coming up, Christmas coming up, people want their families together for the holidays, so this has to be tough."

Moore said there have been multiple sightings of Paiglynn, mostly in the Turley area near 61st Street North and Lewis, in neighborhoods around O’Brien Park.

Deputies questioned a woman who had a picture of what looks like Paiglynn on her phone.

"But she didn't know where she was. She said she had run away, couldn't even give us a correct date of birth on her so-called daughter," Moore said.

One of the most recent sightings was at Comanche Park Apartments. A security guard confirmed he saw Paiglynn, who may be going by 'Madison,' with another girl named Brittany.

Moore said the girls approached a man outside the gate and asked him to drive the white Chevy Impala they were riding in, inside.

"He drove the car in, he stated, and the two females snuck in through a hole in the fence,” Moore said.

Days later, deputies said Tulsa police chased the same car, which was seen leaving a home invasion, and Paiglynn was believed to be inside.

Moore said the vehicle came back as stolen.

"I'd probably say she was along for the ride,” he said.

While Paiglynn's family isn't sure why she left, they wish she would at least let them know she is safe.

Even though she left home willingly, her family fears she may now be held against her will.

If you have any information about Paiglynn’s location, you’re asked to call authorities.