{"id":199835,"date":"2026-05-22T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/199835\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:57:08","slug":"missing-child-pittsburgh-police-searching-for-12-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/199835\/","title":{"rendered":"MISSING CHILD: Pittsburgh Police searching for 12-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/74628f7657d944d55f8203ee0b2bd335.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pittsburgh Police are searching for a missing 12-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jayona Jackson was last seen on Sunday in the 2500 block of Centre Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said she was texting with family on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jayona is known to frequent the Hill District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She is described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall, with brown hair and eyes, and glasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information is asked to call Pittsburgh Police at 412-323-7141 or 911.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:FREE WPXI News app;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FREE WPXI News app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Facebook;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Twitter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Watch WPXI NOW;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch WPXI NOW&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Police are searching for a missing 12-year-old girl. 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