Oak Creek police: Lillian Asala found safe, missing nearly a week
Missing girl found safe after nearly a week
Oak Creek police on Friday said 13-year-old Lillian Asala has been found safe. She had been last seen on March 1.
MILWAUKEE - Oak Creek police on Friday said 13-year-old Lillian Asala has been found safe. She had been last seen on March 1.
Lillian Asala
What we know:
Asala left her Oak Creek home and headed to a skate park on Drexel Avenue on March 1. Police said her cellphone pinged about a mile away at Pennsylvania and Forest Hill.
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What we don't know:
Police said the investigation remains active, and there are no active threats to the community. It's unclear where Asala was found.
Lillian Asala
$1,000 reward offered
Before Asala was found, a stranger offered to step up with financial help in the form of a $1,000 reward.
Faisal Bhimani owns a gas station on Howard Avenue. He said he saw the story on the news and knew he wanted to do whatever he could. A poster in the window of a girl he's never met was just the start.
Faisal Bhimani
"You don’t have to know these people, right? They’re just human. It’s a kid," he said.
Asala's story touched Bhimani's heart; he is a parent to a 13-year-old himself.
"I can’t imagine what the last five or six days has been like for them, and restless days and nights," he said.
The Source: Information in this report is from the Oak Creek Police Department and FOX6 News interviews.