Stafford Sheriff's Office Looking For Runaway

The Stafford Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday that it is looking for Wendy Marcela Canas-Obando, a 17-year-old Stafford resident who has been missing for almost three weeks.

She is considered an "endangered runaway" because of "medication issues," sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy said.

Kennedy said that the teenager, who was last seen locally on Feb. 18, might be in Alexandria or Silver Spring, Md. She may also go by the name Aleece Johnson.

Kennedy said he had no information on why Canas-Obando left.

The sheriff's release says that Canas-Obando is Hispanic, stands 5 feet 5 and weighs about 125 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes and her ears, nose and bottom lip have been pierced.

Canas-Obando's case is also listed on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children website.

Anyone with information can contact the sheriff's office at 658-4400 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.