UPDATE: Missing Perry teenager found safe in Tennessee

Perry Police say Bella-Jackson Arruda has been found.

UPDATE (1/30/25): According to the Perry Police Department, 16-year-old Bella-Jackson Arruda was located in Woodberry, Tennessee by local law enforcement.

Officers say she was with her boyfriend, who was also listed as a missing juvenile.

Both were held until their parents picked them up.

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UPDATE (1/29/25): Perry Police say Bella-Jackson Arruda has been found.

“***This subject has been located and is safe***,” an update Tuesday night on the police department’s Facebook page stated.

We’ve reached out to the police department for additional information.

ORIGINAL STORY (1/27/25):

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Perry Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 16-year-old Bella-Jackson Arruda, who was last seen late Saturday night.

According to a news release from the Perry Police Department, Arruda was last seen at 11:36 p.m. leaving the Wendy’s on North Perry Parkway. She was driving a gray 2013 Kia Optima with a Georgia license plate (SIC 7202).

Arruda is about 5’8″ and weighs about 150 pounds. She has long brown hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information should call 911 or the Perry Police Department at (478) 338-0256.