{"id":139721,"date":"2026-03-16T15:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139721\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:47:07","slug":"missing-in-pennsylvania-south-fayettes-gautham-rajanikanth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139721\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing in Pennsylvania: South Fayette&#8217;s \ufeff\ufeffGautham Rajanikanth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities search for missing 17-year-old in South Fayette Township<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769019068_844_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:30 AM EDT Mar 16, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAuthorities are searching for a 17-year-old who has gone missing in South Fayette Township.Gautham Rajanikanth was last seen Sunday, March 15, in the early afternoon hours. Rajanikanth was wearing a t-shirt, light-colored pants, and grey backpack. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 and ask to speak with the South Fayette Township Police Department. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are searching for a 17-year-old who has gone missing in South Fayette Township.<\/p>\n<p>Gautham Rajanikanth was last seen Sunday, March 15, in the early afternoon hours. Rajanikanth was wearing a t-shirt, light-colored pants, and grey backpack. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call 911 and ask to speak with the South Fayette Township Police Department. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities search for missing 17-year-old in South Fayette Township Updated: 11:30 AM EDT Mar 16, 2026 Editorial Standards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[39704,64085,64086,64087,64088,14396,37626,28,30,29,38978,42555],"class_list":["post-139721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-17-year-old","tag-gautham-rajanikanth","tag-grey-backpack","tag-last-seen-march-15","tag-light-color-pants","tag-missing-juvenile","tag-missing-teen","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-south-fayette-township","tag-t-shirt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}