SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — A French foreign exchange student who had been visiting Spokane Valley ran away from her host family early Monday morning, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
Deputies received a call just after 8:00 a.m. regarding the disappearance of 16-year-old Mathilde Le Loc’h, with reports that she left the house around 3:40 a.m.
Investigators said Le Loc’h knew she was scheduled to fly back to France this morning at around 11:30 a.m.
She was last seen near Sullivan and 22nd Ave.
Le Loc’h was last known to be wearing a red sweater, blue jeans, tennis shoes, and carrying a tan canvas backpack.
She does not have her passport or her belongings, and her tour group had to fly back home without her.
Any sightings of Le Loc’h should be reported to Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.
*CORRECTION: A previous version of this story indicated incorrect times in which deputies were contacted, and when Le Loc’h left the host home.
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