By Associated Press - Thursday, February 1, 2018

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a 16-year-old girl whose body was found over the weekend in a wooded area of southwestern Michigan was missing a shoe.

Police are seeking information from the public about the death of Mujey Dumbuya, which is being investigated as a homicide. Her body was found Sunday in Kalamazoo and one of her pink tennis shoes was missing. Cause of death wasn’t released.

Police say she was reported as a possible runaway Jan. 25 in Grand Rapids, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) away. Family members say, however, that she was reported as missing - not as a runway - after she left for the bus a day earlier and didn’t show up at school.



Police found her body after it was spotted by two people out for a walk.

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