Missing Cleveland 14-Year-Old's Body Found, Identified

CLEVELAND, OH - A missing 14-year-old Cleveland girl's body has been found. Alianna Defreeze was found in an abandoned house in the 9400 block of Fuller Avenue, police say.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office identified the body on Tuesday. Police released the identity late Tuesday evening.

Defreeze went missing last week, on Thursday. She was last seen boarding a bus for school near the 3400 block of E. 149th St. She never arrived at school. Cleveland.com reports that she was seen on surveillance footage getting off the bus near the intersection of E. 93rd and Kinsman Avenue. She was then seen walking near a McDonald's.

Police said Defreeze suffered from mental health issues.

Defreeze's school remembered her in a series of Facebook posts. The E Prep & Village Prep Woodland Hills Campus charter school said "Alianna is a gentle, kind and beautiful person- inside and out. She has a smile that can light up a room and a giggle that is contagious. She bursts into school every morning by whipping open the front door and uses a sing song voice to greet everyone on her way in."

The school then pleaded with the public for help in understanding Defreeze's death. The school wrote, "We desperately need your help. We are reaching out to the community at large to help bring justice for our scholar, Alianna DeFreeze, whose life was taken from her far too soon. If you have any information about her disappearance, please contact the Cleveland Police at 216-25CRIME or 9-1-1."

Cleveland Police are also asking that anyone with information contact Homicide investigators at 216-623-5464 or to call 9-1-1. Anonymous information can be provided through CrimeStoppers by calling 216-25CRIME.

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