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Stearns County Authorities Searching for Missing Teen
ALEXANDRIA -- A teenager has gone missing from Alexandria.
The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says 17-year-old Tekoa Dotson of Brooten disappeared sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Dotson was last seen in Alexandria, and left without permission. She is described as black, five-feet two-inches tall and 120 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair with pierced ears and a pierced lower lip.
Authorities say she may be in the Brooten/Belgrade or St. Cloud metro area. It is unknown what she was wearing at the time she left.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the Stearns County Sheriff's Office.
Photo Provided by theStearns County Sheriff's Office
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