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Runaway teen in Augusta County... found safe

Augusta Co. Sheriff's Office

The Augusta County Sheriff's Office has asked for the public's help finding a teenager who ran away from home. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.  UPDATE: The missing teen has been found and is safe.

The sheriff's office issued a press release on Thursday saying that 15 year old Tristian Mac Cornelius had run away.  He was last seen on Wednesday, December 1st around 9:30 p.m. He is white, 5'10", weighs 150 pounds, and has brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing sweatpants and a hoodie. If you have any information about Tristian, please contact the Augusta County Sheriff's Office at 540-245-5333. For WMRA News, I'm Randi B. Hagi.

Randi B. Hagi first joined the WMRA team in 2019 as a freelance reporter. Her work has been featured on NPR and other NPR member stations; in The Harrisonburg Citizen, where she previously served as the assistant editor;The Mennonite; Mennonite World Review; and Eastern Mennonite University's Crossroads magazine.