12-year-old Detroit girl missing after leaving home for park, gas station

Natajia Carr
Photo credit Family photo via Detroit Police

(WWJ) A Detroit family are yearning for the safe return of their 12-year-old daughter after she went to the park and never came back.

Police say Nataija Carr left her home on Kingsville Avenue near Kelley and Seven Mile to go to a nearby park with relatives. Afterward, she walked to a gas station at Seven Mile on Hayes Street about a mile away from home. She has not been seen or heard from since.

She was last seen on Friday around 3:30 p.m.

Nataija vanished wearing a black shirt and black jeans.

If you have seen Nataija or know where she is,  please call Detroit Police Department's Ninth Precinct Investigative Unit at (313) 596-5940, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up.

Featured Image Photo Credit: Family photo via Detroit Police