Police on horseback search open areas near missing 12-year-old girl’s home in Greeley, Colo.

Police on horseback search for missing Colo. girl

GREELEY, Colo. — Police on foot and on horseback were searching open areas near the home of a 12-year-old girl for any sign of the missing sixth-grader.

Kayleah (Kay LEE uh) Wilson was last seen Sunday at about 3:40 p.m. when she left her home to walk to a friend’s birthday party about a mile away, across a busy highway. Police stopped more than 600 motorists passing near the area Friday to ask if they had seen anything Sunday night.

Greeley Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych says authorities have gone to Kayleah’s favorite hangouts, searched along the highway, interviewed friends, family, and acquaintances, and have contacted registered sexual offenders who live nearby.

Kayleah weighs 145 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes.