UPDATE, 3:54 p.m., Oct. 12 | Lexus Perkins has been located and is safe.
ORIGINAL STORY | The Clay County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to locate a missing 16-year-old girl.
Lexus Perkins was last seen Sunday in the Smithville area wearing a black Smithville Warriors shirt with a handprint on the back, black shorts, black socks and black sandals.
She is 5'7", weighs 195 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes.
🚨Missing Juvenile🚨
— Clay County, Missouri Sheriff (@SheriffClayCo) October 12, 2020
Help locate 16 yr old Lexus Perkins who is missing from the Smithville area. She’s 5’7/195 lbs w/ brn hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen wearing a blk Smithville Warriors shirt w/ a handprint on back, black shorts w/ blk socks & blk sandals. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/MnSTugctAy
The sheriff's office said she told a relative between noon and 1 p.m. that she was going for a walk.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or contact the sheriff's office at 816-407-3700, ext. 0.