The North Platte Police Department has announced that they are searching for a 14-year-old from the area after leaving school on Wednesday.
According to a post by the police department on their Facebook page, Gertie Werkmeister was last seen as she left Adams Middle School wearing a light-blue hooded sweatshirt and black sweat pants. The post says she met with a white male dressed in all black at the North Platte Rec Center, who was believed to be in his mid to late twenties.
The two then left the Rec Center at 10:42 AM, traveling eastbound on Francis Street in a dark colored Toyota Tacoma with out of state plates.
The North Platte 911 Center has issued a city wide RAVE alert to all cell phones and land lines that are registered with the Smart 911 system. The North Platte Police Department, along with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Nebraska State Patrol are actively trying to locate Gertie.
If anyone has any information on Gertie’s whereabouts, please contact the North Platte Police Department at (308) 535-6789 or Lincoln County Crime Stoppers at (308) 534-8400.
