UPDATE Saturday, July 30th at 6:42 P.M.

Katie Thornhill has been found safe in Virginia, according to Richland Parish Sheriff Gary Gilley. Her parents are en route to pick her up.

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Original Story:

The Richland Parish Sheriff Department needs help find a missing teenager from Rayville.

17-year-old Kaitlyn "Katie" Thornhill was last seen on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at approximately 4:30 PM. Katie has brown eyes and brown hair. 5' 6" approximately 145 pounds. Her vehicle was found with some of her personal property missing in a parking lot near her place of employment in Rayville, La.

If anyone has any information please call Sheriff Gary Gilley at 318-282-1893 or the Richland Parish Sheriff Department at 318-728-2071.

Katie may be in Gulf Shores, Alabama or traveling in that direction.