{"id":13678,"date":"2014-12-03T19:41:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T19:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=13678"},"modified":"2014-12-04T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:20:11","slug":"st-thomas-police-searching-for-runaway-teen-kimberly-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=13678","title":{"rendered":"St. Thomas Police Searching For Runaway Teen, Kimberly Cook [UPDATE]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virgin Islands Police Department spokesperson Melanie Rames said\u00a0Thursday morning that 16-year-old Kimberly Cook was located on Wednesday in the Smith Bay area of St. Thomas and has been returned to family members. No additional information was provided by police.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virgin Islanders are being called upon to help in the search of a runaway minor identified as 16-year-old Kimberly R. Cook of St. Thomas<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13680\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141202_160108-1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13680\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13680\" src=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141202_160108-1-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"Runaway teenager Kimberly R. Cook.\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sixteen-year-old Kimberly R. Cook<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The teen first\u00a0went missing on Monday, but she was was located by police officers and returned to her family on Tuesday. However, on Wednesday, Cook ran away again and police are still searching for her, according to\u00a0information released today by police spokesperson, Melody Rames.<\/p>\n<p>Cook\u00a0is a student at the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School and is originally from the island of Jamaica. She\u00a0is 5\u201910\u201d and weighs about 150 pounds. She\u00a0has short brown hair.<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone who has seen Cook or knows of her whereabouts to\u00a0contact the Youth Investigation Bureau at (340) 715-5543 or call emergency 911.<\/p>\n<p>Police are also reminding the public that anyone assisting Cook in evading police or persuading the minor to stay away from home could face criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 1: Virgin Islands Police Department spokesperson Melanie Rames said\u00a0Thursday morning that 16-year-old Kimberly Cook was located on Wednesday in the Smith Bay area of St. Thomas and has been returned to family members. No additional information was provided by police. 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