Crime & Safety

POLICE: Missing Lakeville Girl Considered a Runaway

Tori Sickler's family has put up missing person fliers around Lakeville and neighboring Burnsville, but police say the 17-year-old is a runaway, not a victim of a crime.

Missing person fliers have been blanketing Lakeville, and even popping up in parts of Burnsville over the past few days, imploring the community to be on the lookout for a missing 17-year-old girl named Tori Sickler.

And while police consider the case to be serious, the situation isn't as nefarious as an abduction, according to Chief Thomas Vonhof.

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Sickler's family created the fliers after she went missing around 6:30 p.m. on July 19 in Minneapolis. She was alone at the time she went missing, according to the fliers.

But Vonhof says she's not considered a missing person, but rather a runaway since she's been in contact with her family since her alleged disappearance.

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While she's not considered a missing person, Vonhof said she will be picked up by law enforcement if found since she is a minor and an "active runaway."

If folks see Sickler, her family, and the fliers ask people call Lakeville Police at (952) 985-2800.

Sickler is described as a Caucasian female who stands 5'7" tall and weighs roughly 125 pounds. She has long, curly brown hair and hazel eyes. She also has a tattoo of two large butterflies on one of her wrists along with the words "Hopes and Dreams."


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