ASHEVILLE - The city Police Department is requesting assistance in locating River Gaydish, a 17-year-old girl who was last seen Sept. 5 at approximately 8 p.m. in the area of Bull Mountain Road in Fairview.

Gaydish is described as a white female, 5-foot-8-inches tall and weighing 185 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a multicolored t-shirt and jeans. She could possibly be in the Montford or Swannanoa areas.

Gaydish's mother was Kayah Gaydish, a well-known environmentalist in the Asheville area who was killed in a rock climbing accident in December 2015 in Virginia.

River and her older brother, Caleb, whose father had died years before, were taken in by a neighbor's family at that time.

If anyone has any information on Gaydish's whereabouts, they encouraged to contact the Asheville Police Department at 828-252-1110 or Asheville-Buncombe Crime Stoppers at 828-255-5050, if they wish to remain anonymous.