Bethelihem Zeleke Eliso. (Police Handout photo)
By KRISTIN ANNABLE | QMI AGENCY
WINNIPEG – Police are looking for a 17-year-old girl, newly arrived to Canada from Ethiopia, who failed to return home from her first day at a new school.
Police say Bethelihem Zeleke Eliso moved to Winnipeg last month and was last seen leaving school for the lunch hour Monday.
Const. Eric Hofley said police are concerned for her well-being because she’s new to the city and doesn’t know many people.
Hofley said teen runaways often leave to be with friends or other family members.
But in this case, Eliso didn’t seem to have those options, he said.
“Sometimes it is just miscommunication, but in this case, with being so new to the country, that is less likely.”
Eliso is 5-foot-5, with a thin build and medium-length black hair.
She was wearing a pink jacket, red pants, and pink gloves.
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