COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police are asking for the public’s help locating two different children, both missing in different parts of town.
UPDATE: Aireonna Thompson and Jeremiah Jackson have both been found safely and are with their families.
Aireonna Thompson, 12, (right) has been missing since late Thursday night. She was last seen in the area of her home on Hanna Drive, near East Linden Elementary School, around 11:00 p.m., investigators with the Columbus Police Missing Persons Unit said.
She is described as 5’5″/101 lbs. with black braided hair and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, light blue jeans, and bright green and orange tennis shoes.
Jeremiah “BJ” Jackson, also 12, (below) was last seen riding his bike in the area of W. Broad St and West Park Avenue at approximately 5:00 p.m. Thursday.
Jeremiah is 5’6″/110 lbs. and was wearing camo shorts, a black and white striped tank top and a pair of black and white Nike Jordan tennis shoes, and riding his white Mongoose bicycle.
Anyone with information about these missing children is asked to call the Columbus Police Missing Person Unit at 614-645-2358.