Missing From Detroit, Michigan Since 2/25/2012 Please Help Find Tavia Bentley

Tavia Bentley, 12, has been mising since Feb. 25, 2012, when she was last seen at 4:15 a.m. at a home in the 18500 block of McCormick in Detroit..

Her mother, Katrina Young, believes she was taken by her non-custodial parent.

Young wanted her daughter home by her 12th birthday.

“I always think about my daughter, every day, all day, my main concern is for her to be safe and return home safely,” Young said.

Bentley had been staying with her grandmother in Auburn Hills, where Young said she thought she would be safe from kidnapping by her non-custodial father.

She left a note behind at her grandmother’s when she left, saying she wanted to be with her mother.

Bentley is 4 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 70 lbs, has medium brown complexion, brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing all white clothing, and black & white boots. She has good physical and mental conditions.

If you have any information about Tavia, call either

• The Detroit Police Department (313) 596-5986 or
• The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (800) THE-LOST ((800) 843-5678)