Overview

• Police classify Katie Hong, 16, as voluntarily missing since July 25 after she left a runaway note referencing online screen names.
• Surveillance footage traced her path from Queens Park Court to Irvington Community Park and a gas station on Blacow Road, where her phone was later recovered.
• Authorities have tapped license-plate readers and partnered with federal agencies but have not developed any leads on her whereabouts or online contacts.
• Investigators highlight the challenges of tracing anonymous digital interactions in voluntary missing-person inquiries.
• Local volunteers and Hong’s school community have circulated flyers and online appeals and police urge anyone with information to contact their missing person unit.