Girl, 13, missing and considered 'endangered'
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Police Bureau Youth Services Division is asking for the public's help to find a missing teen they said may be endangered.
Raemi Pearl Carter, 13, of North Portland, ran away from home December 12. Police think she has been in contact with friends but has not come home.
Police said based on their investigation, Carter is "an endangered runaway."
Carter is an Asian female, 4 feet tall, 100 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
Anyone seeing Carter is asked to call 9-1-1. Anyone with non-emergency information about her is asked to contact Officer Julia Rico at 503-823-5784 or Julia.Rico@PortlandOregon.gov.
This has Bad Ending written all over it. Â I surely hope that it doesn't end badly. Â It sounds like it is way past time for the parent(s) to step up and take control here. Â I hope she is found safe and shapes up.
Not sure why her parents waited to report this..but it could be they've given up. You realize that Portland is one of the largest areas of sexual trafficking in the US--and the nominal age girls are indoctrinated into the business is 12. They are often lied to and pampered to get them to agree to things, and then threats are made against them and their families once they figure out what they've gotten themselves into. My idea of being grown up doesn't have anything to do with selling my body to 30+ tricks a day...probably doesn't figure into your daily plans either. I hope this girl is okay. I'm sure that grown up, prideful look in her eye has been taken down about 10 notches by now.Â
You guys realize 13 is middle school age, right? Â That's when everyone starts joining cliques and singling out each other. Â Kids start breaking out and desperately seek to fit in. Â The people here criticizing her appearance remind me of the idiots who blame rape victims for how they dress and act. Â
 @EdgarDerby If someone dressed like a clown, people would assume that they might be in a circus. If someone dressed like a biker, they might assume that person was a biker. No one is blaming her for how she is dressed just that people dress certain ways so people will be able to associate what they might be or stand for by what they are wearing. It does not make that person bad.
hope they find her
 @sortbait Well, good morning.  I'm sure hoping you're going to 'play' fairly today.
I hope they find her. When my daughter was 13 she was not allowed to dress like she was 18 or wear makeup! Maybe that makes me an old fashioned, overprotective parent. My daughter turned out great!
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 @Dr. Rawdog that would spend things along.
 @sortbait  @Dr. Rawdog It might 'speed' them, too. Â
Raemi Baby Girl I'm Snitching Its For The Best .
She is 13? Look like over 16. Why it take them a over month to tell us that she was runaway or missing until now? Hope that she doesn't end up pregnant when she is found
The latest 'snag' for Tabloid Journalists' - "...missing and considered endangered." I know I promised to never badmouth a KATU reporter again, but when is enough, enough? The resources that will be spent by city, county & state resources just to be politically correct, or get sued amazes me. Excuse me please, my cat wants to play fetch and get it...
 @bonedWhat precisely is it about that term that bothers you? It is what the police indicate to them. If they think the child may be wandering around clueless at the dangers around her, rather than holing up with some friend, then she is considered endangered. I find no problem with that.
Ah,what great parents or parent.
 @Dick Magnuson Sorry, but ... what exactly makes you say that? Teens do these things.Â
Don't do anything stupid(er),,,just come home, take the flack and become a happy, productive adult.
Dear Lord, if she is thirteen dressing like she is 18, she is hot trouble already and if she ran away I can imagine the only thing she wants. And that will land a man in Jail.
 @lee986321 That's the sad thing. Even if she is willing and lies about her age he will go to jail. It is sad that she feels she needs to behave this way but some guy who believes he's messing with someone who is legal shouldn't pay the price.
 @lee986321 Yeah I'm sure she is. Wookin' pa nub...
It may be too late being well over a month missing. Why didnt they come forward sooner?
Never a break
13 year old going on 21, she thinks.  I hope she finds her way home again, safely and without incident. From the photos, it's not looking like she's too oppressed by her parents. If anything, she looks left to her own devices, which includes computer, cell phone and money for dress-up make-up and clothing.   Following the rules, going to school, and being "obedient" to your parents if far less difficult than dealing with the craziness that is street living, I'm sure.Â
It's too bad that first time runaways aren't required to get some kind of counseling with their parent or guardian, to prevent this from happening again. Â Too many times, worried parents fill out the runaway reports, only to have the child come back home when they run out of resources. It's having this slap on the wrist with the police that makes the child think they can do it again and again without so much than a reprimand. And with this attitude, they end up thinking they are invincible until they end up in a situation they didn't have the maturity to consider- or worse. I think that if they entered such a court-mandated program, they'd understand how much of police resources they use up, that could be used for kids that actually do end up missing through no fault of their own. I hope that her parents are the kind who love her and want the best, as this would only be attributed to a behavioral issue that needs to be addressed. Â But if there were other underlying reasons for her going off radar, then I hope she has enough sense to go to a trusted individual to get it resolved. Â Running away doesn't solve any problem. Â It just makes them bigger.
She wants to be all grown up from the pictures. Not good. She may be ripe for exploitation from sex traffickers. I hope they find her fast cause the longer she is gone the less likely this will have a good outcome.
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I would be checking her Facebook account.
What a pretty girl.  Honey, GO HOME! You have no idea how worried your parents must be!Â
Holy cow, she looks 25 or 30! Methinks this is no typical 13 year old.
 @Philip Marlowe No, she just dresses like an older girl, but being only 4ft tall should indicate to anyone she's just a child. It's unfortunate so many dirtbag guys out there are really aroused by child-sized asian females.. and wouldn't be in the least bit put off that she actually IS a child.
 @StealthActivist  @Philip Marlowe Height has nothing to do with it. At 13 she has probably gotten close to her final height. I am very short but am an adult. I expect to be treated like one not like a little kid just because I'm shorter than you.
 @Philip Marlowe No...she looks like a 13 yr old trying to look 20 or 30, the real world will not be fun.
Hope she's okay. I realize there's always 2 sides to every story and the truth is somewhere in-between, but regardless, I hope she's okay, and that whatever caused her to runaway can be resolved.
I'm not willing to do the research right now, but there are cell phone apps to track your child's location...if my kids were still teenagers, that app would be on their phones. Â The fact that police waited SIX WEEKS to announce this makes me shake my head in disbelief. Â
 @Sundowner Im wondering if they even told the police six weeks ago.
 @B00gs Something about this doesn't sound right....either police let the ball drop, the parents let the ball drop....something doesn't pass the smell test.
 @Sundowner I feel a little sorry for my kid, GPS tracking, key loggers....I'll know everything.
 @deejm2112 Oh, if I'd had GPS tracking on 'a child who shall remain unnamed', her teenage years would have been much different.  She turned out pretty darned good, but how teenagers can't figure out we know when they're lying is beyond me.  To quote Judge Judy, "You know how you can tell when a teenager is lying?  When their mouth is moving."  Good luck with yours!
If she has been in contact with "friends", they must not be much of friends. A real friend would help get her back home.
 @Nobody For all you know, she gets the cr@p beat out of her - or worse - at home. Don't you find it odd that this is just now making the news? If my kid was missing I'd be raising a major fuss.
I did the same stupid crap, but I started at 12. Go home, whatever is going on that you are unhappy with, rules, going to school, just get home! Believe me dealing with the stuff you don't like at home isn't worth getting into a situation where you no longer have the option to be at home with your family. Looking at the couple pictures on here I have a feeling that she is in a hurry to grow up. And the police 'think' she has been in contact with her friends?!!? I'm pretty sure that means they know she has been, since they added that sentence. Get home girl, it really isn't that much longer until you are an adult! Five years will go by in a blink!
Whats up with the delayed announcement on this one?
She has been missing 39 days and now the story breaks? I am a parent of two very capable teenagers. Neither one has given me any reason to doubt them, but if they are as so much as late for dinner, I am on the horn immediately seeking their whereabouts. I hope this story has a solution and quick!
Hope they find her soon! I also hope they can determine if this is just a young female who doesn't like her parents's rules or if something deeper is going on in that home. The streets are no place to be, especially this time of year.