MERKEL, Texas — Update (8:40 p.m. May 20): The Merkel Police Department provided an update regarding Meredith Tate.
According to an MPD, Tate has been found safe and unharmed.
.Tate is currently with the Merkel Police Department.
No further information was available for release.
Update (4:24 p.m. May 20): The Merkel Police Department said Thursday it has downgraded the status of Meredith Tate from "Missing Endangered Runaway" to runaway juvenile.
According, to an MPD, information received and reviewed by law enforcement, there is not enough creditable information to justify Meredith Tate is in imminent danger.
MPD, state and local agencies are working to locate Tate.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact, the Merkel Police Department, Juvenile Investigator, Julie Harrison at 325-928-4766.
Original story
The Merkel Police Department received a report of a missing teenager Wednesday, May 19 from a home in the 1200 block of North 2nd Street in Merkel.
According to an MPD release, the teen is identified as Meredith Rylei Ellen Tate, 15, and is described as a white female, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds, with hazel eyes and dyed black hair past her shoulder blades.
Investigators have worked to locate Tate throughout the day and have not been able to find her.
MPD is asking for the public's help, as it is believed she could be in imminent danger.
Tate was last seen at approximately 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 18 at a residence in Merkel.
It is believed Tate could be in Abilene or the surrounding areas.
Anyone with information on Tate's whereabouts should contact the Merkel Police Department at 325-928-4766 or the Taylor County Sheriff's Office at 325-674-1300 and request a Merkel Police officer.
