Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are searching for Myreesa Sturgis, a missing and possibly runaway 16-year-old last seen Thursday night in Holiday. She was last spotted around 10 p.m. in the Sutton Pl. area, carrying a distinctive black backpack decorated with shark teeth.
According to the Pasco Sheriff's Office, Sturgis is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and around 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Deputies say she was last seen wearing a black bonnet, a black jacket, black pants with a white stripe down the side, and black slides, in addition to the shark-tooth backpack. The Pasco Sheriff's Office shared the same appeal with the public Friday.
What Deputies Know So Far
The sheriff's office has released a specific description of Sturgis's clothing and belongings in hopes that someone in the Holiday area or beyond may recognize her. The Sutton Pl. neighborhood, where she was last seen, is the starting point for the search, though her current whereabouts remain unknown.
Deputies have not released additional details about the circumstances that led to the report of her disappearance. The case is being handled as a missing or runaway juvenile.
How To Help Find Myreesa Sturgis
Anyone with information about Sturgis's whereabouts is asked to call the Pasco Sheriff's Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7. Tips can also be submitted online through the sheriff's office tip portal.
Authorities are urging anyone who may have seen a teenage girl matching this description, especially someone wearing black clothing, including pants with a white stripe down the side, and carrying a backpack marked with shark teeth, to come forward as the search continues.
