Missing Herriman teen found safe
By Pat Reavy
January 11th, 2013 @ 12:44am
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UPDATE: Brooklyn Gittins has been found safe, according to Herriman City.
Be Ready Herriman posted on Facebook that Gittins was safe, but released no other details.
More information will be posted when it is made available.
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HERRIMAN — Between 500 and 600 volunteers searched throughout Herriman Thursday for a teenage girl missing for more than 36 hours.
"I have five kids and I know if one of them was missing, there wouldn't be an inch where I wouldn't look and I'd need help. So we figured we'd get out here and do what we can and bring some good results," said Jenni Goodrich, one of the many volunteers who showed up to help search for 13-year-old Brooklyn Gittins.
Knowing that a major winter storm was on the horizon, the Unified Police Department ramped up efforts Thursday to find Brooklyn, who hasn't been seen since she went to bed Tuesday night.
By 3:30 p.m., however, the call for volunteers was canceled as the Unified Police Department decided they didn't want to put any volunteers at risk by sending them out into the blowing snow.
Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder said the search will continue Friday, but volunteers will no longer be needed. Instead, professional search and rescue teams will coordinate specialized searches in the wilderness areas surrounding Herriman.
The strange disappearance
Brooklyn was last seen in her home, 13912 S. Friendship Drive (5755 West), at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, said Unified Police Lt Justin Hoyal. But when her parents went to check on her at 7 a.m. Wednesday, she was gone. There were no signs of forced entry into the house.
She was believed to only be wearing black pajama pants with a Scottie dog pattern an
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