😭😓 13 Year Old Girl Who Was Missing Has Been Confirmed Dead

A 13-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose disappearance sparked a two-day search was found dead in a stream near her Clarion home Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

A search party found the body of missing teenager Shevy McGiffin just before 4 p.m. while combing a forest along the Clarion River, officials with Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.

The girl vanished around 6:45 p.m. Friday during what should have been a three-minute walk between her home along Fraternity Dr. in Clarion and the Dollar General along 5th Ave.

Her father, Andrew Schneider, broke down in tears while holding a flyer with a picture of his missing daughter early Sunday.


Police said a firefighter found the body of the missing Shevy McGiffin, 13, after she vanished Friday night. (GOFUNDME)
He said cashiers at the Dollar General store saw Shevy buy a coloring book Friday night.

“That’s the last time she was seen,” Schneider said.

A member of the Clarion Volunteer Fire Department who joined the search party found Shevy in a small creek known as Trout Run that flows into the Clarion River about a mile from the girl’s home, police said.


Members of a search party in Clarion gather at a parking lot before setting out to find Shevy McGiffin, 13. (KDKA-TV)
Shevy’s mother fears her daughter was abducted and said she was seen talking to a man in a Buick, she told WPXI-TV.

“My world right now is not complete without my babyygirl (sic),” Shevy’s mother Tina McGiffin wrote in a heartfelt message to Facebook earlier on Sunday.

State police did not elaborate how Shevy died or how she and said her death is still under investigation.

Her autopsy is scheduled for Monday, the Pittsburgh television station reported.