Aurora girl, 14, missing from southeast metro

A 14-year-old girl named Erica Long, who also goes by the name Ember, has been missing since Sunday. She was last seen at 8:45 p.m. near E-470 and Gartrell Road in southeast Aurora, according to a missing person alert from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

Erica is described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall, and 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She has a brown henna tattoo of circles on her left arm.

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Erica is 14 years old and believed to have left her house near E. Dry Creek and S. Gartrell on Sunday evening around 8:45 p.m. She has not returned home.

Erica is 5’4”, 130lbs, with shoulder-length brown hair and a Henna tattoo on her left forearm.… pic.twitter.com/taF3F2YrEd

— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) June 19, 2025

Anyone who sees Erica should call 911 or the Aurora Police Department at 303-627-3100.

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Originally Published: June 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM MDT