RIVERSIDE, CA — An Ebony Alert was in effect Wednesday in Riverside County for a 16-year-old girl last seen in Santa Barbara County on Sunday, authorities said.
Solay Nixon was last seen at about 8:15 a.m. Sunday near Hollister Avenue and South La Patera Lane in Goleta, according to the California Highway Patrol, which activated the alert Tuesday on behalf of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.
The alert was also issued for Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties.
Nixon was described as 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a red top and blue ripped jeans, authorities said.
Ebony Alerts, which were established in 2024, are designed to help locate missing Black children, teenagers and young adults ages 12 to 25 who have disappeared under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, or who are at risk, developmentally disabled, cognitively impaired or abducted.
Anyone with information about Nixon's whereabouts was asked to call 911.
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