14-Year-Old Twins Missing After Leaving Their Detroit Home and Not Returning as Authorities Continue Search

Mar. 15, 2025

Anieca Ogden and Aniya Ogden.Photo:Facebook/Detroit Police Department

Facebook/Detroit Police Department

Two teenaged twin sisters from Detroit have been missing for more than three weeks.

On Friday, the Detroit Police Department (DPD) told local stationWWJ News Radiothat investigators are still looking for information about 14-year-old Aniya and Anieca Ogden.

According toCBS News, police said the twins were last seen leaving their home on the 1800 block of Robson Street on March 8.

In twomissing personsreportsposted on Facebookthe same day, DPD said that the girls “left [their] residence without permission [together] and failed to return home.”

According to the post, both girls are 5 feet tall and weigh about 130 pounds. They are both Black with sandy brown hair and brown eyes, and Aniya was last seen wearing a beige tank top, shorts and orange Jordan sneakers. Anieca’s clothing, meanwhile, is unknown, DPD said.

Information about Anieca Ogden.Facebook/Detroit Police Department

“The Detroit Police Department’s Missing Persons unit is actively investigating all leads involving the whereabouts of both Aniya and Anieca Ogden,” the DPD wrote in a statement to PEOPLE.

“If anyone has Information, they are asked to call 313-596-1240 or 1-800-SPEAK-UP,” they added.

Information about Aniya Ogden.Facebook/Detroit Police Department

Michigan investigators have dealt with a wave of missing person cases over the past year.

In that case, the twins’ grandmother toldCBS Detroitthat her daughter met several women on Facebook who had said they could help her with the newborns.

“She was just reaching out for a little help,” McDonald told the outlet. “They are supposed to help young ladies who just had babies with resources, gift cards, diapers, etc.”

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Four suspects were arrested in August last year, according to police.

In January this year, another teenaged girl,13-year-old Na’Ziyah Harris, went missingafter exiting her school bus near Cornwall and 3 Mile Drive, theDetroit Police Departmentsaid in a bulletin at the time.

Nearly two months later, Harris is still considered missing, and DPD is continually searching the area, the department toldCBS in a press conferenceon March 12.

source: people.com