Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Seeks the Public’s Help in Locating Missing Juvenile Girls

UPDATE

The two girls have been located and are safe.

Two girls who were reported missing Monday morning have been located and are safe, according to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. A School Resource Officer was notified by school officials at West-Oak Middle School concerning the whereabouts of 14 year old Keely Long and 13 year old Taylor Watkins. Investigators did not say where or how the girls were found.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating two missing juvenile girls that were reported missing this morning.

A School Resource Officer was notified by school officials at West-Oak Middle School concerning the missing girls and spoke to a parent of one of the girls. The parent informed the SRO that her daughter, 14 year old Keely Long, and her friend, 13 year old Taylor Watkins, were at her residence on Rachels Drive in Townville.

The parent last had contact with the girls at the residence around 10:30pm last night. When the parent went to get the girls ready for school this morning, there were not located at the residence.

Efforts have been made today to locate the girls by deputies in both Oconee and Anderson Counties due to deputies having information that they could be in Anderson County. The girls have been entered missing in the National Crimes Information Center database.

Keely Long is 5’3” tall, weighs 108 pounds and has black hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black and white hoodie with blue shorts.

Taylor is 5’4” tall, weighs 96 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans with holes, a t-shirt and brown boots.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of 14 year old Keely Long and 15 year old Taylor Watkins, you are asked to call the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office at 864-638-4111 or Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. You can also submit a Crimestoppers tip online at www.oconeesccrimestoppers.com.