Sheriff's office seeking information on missing teen

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of a 14-year-old Lawrenceville girl who apparently ran away during a shopping trip to the Tanger Outlet Center in Commerce Dec. 19.

Galilea Magana is described as a Hispanic female with black hair, brown eyes, five feet tall and weighing 125 pounds.

“Investigators are working this as a runaway juvenile, as they have discovered information that the child left a note that she intended to run away, and also had been talking with someone over a dating site,” said Major David Cochran. “Investigators are in the process of following up on those leads at this time. She and her mother had been at Tanger Mall on Dec. 19 shopping when this incident took place. We do not know at this time how she left the mall.”

Officials believe Magana was picked up by Eduardo Hernandez or Eduardo Jiminez, also known as “Lalo,” to whom Magana had been talking over the Internet.

Anyone with information on her location is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 706-367-8718.