Update: Teen found after Lummi Nation Police issued alert for girl last seen in Bellingham
UPDATE: Ariel Feliciano has been located and the alert was canceled by the Washington State Patrol Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.
A Missing Indigenous Person Alert has been issued by the Washington State Patrol for Ariel Feliciano, 13, who was last seen in Bellingham, according to a news release Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 13.
The at-risk/missing person alert, issued on behalf of Lummi Nation Police, says Feliciano is 5-foot-3, 125 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
Feliciano was last seen in Bellingham near Salmon Road and Eagle Avenue, wearing blue jeans, a black hooded sweatshirt and white shoes.
The release asks people call 911 if they see the young woman.
The state’s first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people was signed into law March 31 by Gov. Jay Inslee.
This story was originally published December 13, 2022 at 3:37 PM.
