NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio — An Amber Alert was issued for a missing 12-year-old girl in North Royalton.
Photo courtesy of the National Center for Exploited and Missing Children
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Tessa Kozelka was last seen wearing a red-hooded sweatshirt with black writing on it. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said she has a 50-cent piece sized birthmark on her right leg.
Tessa is reportedly white, 5-foot-2, 100 pounds, has black hair and hazel eyes.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said on April 4 at 2 a.m., Tessa was with her “boyfriend” Micey Stiver. Stiver, also her stepbrother, is a 23-year-old, white male, 5-foot-8, 170 pounds with blue eyes, and black hair, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said.
The organization said he is driving a gray 2012 Ford Focus, with Ohio registration N697141, and reported the incident took place near State Route 82 and Deer Creek Drive in North Royalton.
An Amber Alert is issued due to the following:
- Law enforcement confirms the child is under 18 years of age.
- Law enforcement believes the abduction poses a credible threat of immediate danger or serious bodily harm or death to the child.
- There is sufficient descriptive information about the child, the suspect, and/or the circumstances surrounding the abduction to believe that activation of the alert will help locate the child.
- A law enforcement agency determines the child is not a runaway and has not been abducted as a result of a family abduction, unless the investigation determines the child is in immediate danger of serious bodily harm or death.
