Triamber Whitaker - Authorities Searching for Missing Manchester Girl

Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 13-year-old Manchester girl who went missing Monday.

Manchester police and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office are conducting a missing persons investigation of Triamber Whitaker, who lives with her mother in the Briar Hill Apartments located off of Route 37, said Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford in a statement.

Whitaker, an eighth grade student at Calvary Academy in Lakewood, did not not return home Monday evening. She was last seen in the area near the Briar Hill Apartments, Ford said.

Whitaker is 4 feet 11 inches, weights about 85 pounds and wears square-rimmed blue and purple eyeglasses, Ford said.

"She was last seen wearing a blue 'Aeropostale' hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, white 'Nike' high-top sneakers with pink and yellow airbrush decorations on them. She was carrying a 'High School Musical' purse," Ford said. A photo of Whitaker was provided by the prosecutor's office.

Authorities ask that anyone who may have seen the girl or may have information about her location contact Manchester Police Detective Christopher Hemhauser at 732-657-2009, ext. 2009, or Detective Tom Tiernan of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office at 732-929-2027.