PORTLAND, Ore — UPDATE (Oct. 2) - Kysa Sanders and Stella Hines were found on Thursday, Oct. 1, according to the DHS. No additional information was released.
Original story below.
The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) is asking for the public’s help with locating two missing foster children from the Lake Oswego area.
A press release from the DHS says the children are believed to be in danger. They went missing together on Sept. 26.
Kysa Sanders, 12, and Stella Hines, 14, are likely in the Portland metro area, DHS said. They may have been seen near the Clackamas Town Center mall, downtown Portland and the Pearl District.
A third child was originally reported missing with Kysa and Stella but 13-year-old Admir Mrsi was found on Wednesday. DHS didn't say where Admir was located.
DHS asks anyone who sees Kysa or Stella, or has information about them, to call 911, local law enforcement or the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline at 1-855-503-SAFE (7233).
Descriptions of Kysa and Stella are below:
Name: Kysa Sanders
Date of birth: Dec. 12, 2007
Height: 5’9
Weight: 145
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Dark/strawberry Blonde/ light brown worn straight and long
Lake Oswego Police Department Case: #20-6757
Name: Stella Hines
Date of birth: July 17, 2006
Height: 5’5
Weight: 155
Eye color: Hazel
Hair color: Black worn shoulder length hair with bangs
Other identifying information: Stella wears braces and she has a nose piercing. Stella is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
