Crime & Safety

MISSING: Have You Seen Alanah Ross?

A Quakertown girl missing since May 5 was last seen at the Quakertown Relay for Life.

Richland Township Police are searching for a missing 16-year-old girl named Alanah Ross, who was last seen May 5.

According to a source, police suspect the girl's boyfriend lives on the 1400 block of Welsh Road in Hatfield Township and have approached local businesses asking for help in the investigation.

Ross has brown-blonde hair and brown eyes. She is 5' 4" tall and weighs 115 pounds. She was last seen wearing black skinny jeans with holes in the front and a black zip-up hooded sweatshirt.

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According to a Facebook post from her mother, Michelle Long Ross, she was last seen at the Quakertown Relay for Life. She was in a gray 1993 Honda Accord parked in the lot across from the pool and library between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

According to a 2 p.m. status update on Long Ross's Facebook page, they do not know where Alanah is or who she is with. Her update asked people to help any way they can, and asked for no violence.

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If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Alanah Ross, contact Richland Township Police at 215-795-2931, or dial 911.


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