Crime & Safety
Missing Montgomery Co. Teen Found Dead
The 16-year-old had last been seen walking home from high school on Tuesday afternoon.
PENNSBURG, PA — The Montgomery County teen who went missing this week was found dead on Wednesday, police confirmed.
Maryann Dyer, 16, was last seen walking home from Upper Perkiomen High School just a day earlier, at around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Details surrounding her death remain unclear. The discovery brought to a close a coordinated search of the area between several local law enforcement agencies and first responders, who scoured the area Wednesday.
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Police said that they "have no information to indicate there is a threat to the community."
An investigation is ongoing.
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Police said that Dyer had called her mother in the afternoon on Tuesday. She was last seen walking east on 11th Street in Red Hill.
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