JANIYA BROWN

DETROIT -- Police have confirmed that a 15-year-old girl found dead in an alleyway in Detroit Wednesday is the same teen that was reported missing to Berkley Police last month. Janiya Brown was reported missing on April 24 by her aunt after the teen ran away from home. According to WXYZ-Detroit, Janiya arrived in Michigan just days prior to running away. The family thought that by bringing Janiya to Michigan, it would help her after her mother was shot and killed in 2021. However, Janiya’s father, Jason Brown, told WXYZ that his daughter left her aunt’s home three days after she arrived in Michigan.

15-year-old Janiya Brown had been missing from Berkley for two-and-a-half weeks.