Ebony Alert issued for missing girl last seen in Elk Grove

The authorities are asking for help in the search for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for months.

The California Highway Patrol has issued an Ebony Alert for Kamara Green. She was last seen at 8 a.m. on May 14 on Auberry Drive and Power Inn Road in Elk Grove.

CHP issued the alert on behalf of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.

Carter is described as 5’5″ tall, 125 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. CHP said she was last seen wearing a black turtleneck dress, black pants and flip-flops.

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What is an Ebony Alarm?

Ebony Alerts differ from Amber Alerts in that they are intended to help locate missing black girls and young women.

California was the first state to implement this unique alert system when Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 673. The Ebony Alert works similarly to the Amber and Silver Alerts.

According to the Black and Missing Foundation, 38% of people reported missing in the United States are black. But because of certain classifications that are disproportionately given to missing black youth, Amber Alerts are often not sent, and these black children and young women slip down the police priority list.

There is a list of requirements for an Ebony Alert. A person only needs to meet the age criteria and one other item on the list.

1. The missing person is between 12 and 25 years old.

2. The missing person suffers from a mental or physical disability.

3. The person is missing under circumstances that indicate any of the following:

(A) The physical integrity of the missing person may be at risk.

(B) The missing person may be a victim of human trafficking.

4. The law enforcement agency determines that the person has disappeared under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.

5. The law enforcement agency believes that the person is in danger because of age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, environmental or weather conditions, that the person is in the company of a potentially dangerous person, or that other factors exist that indicate that the person may be in danger.

6. The investigating law enforcement agency utilized available local resources.

7. There is information which, if made public, could contribute to the safe recovery of the missing person.

The person filing the missing person report is responsible for determining these criteria. Law enforcement then forwards the report to the California Highway Patrol, which is required to issue the report.

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