(Lilburn, Georgia) On Friday, November 20^th, Gwinnett County Police Officers were informed of a missing runaway teen.  According to his friends, the teen went missing sometime Thursday.  The friends did not report the missing teen to the police until near midnight on Friday.  The missing teen has been identified as Jaheem McGhee.  He is 14 years old, 5’5”, and 120 lbs. (slim build).

The teens informed officers they were attempting to cross the Yellow River in a wooded section near Bending River Trail and Riverside Drive in Lilburn.  They were attempting to cross the river in pairs and the three friends made it across but the missing teen did not.  The friends told police he was last seen being swept away down river.

Officers launched a search Friday night and into the early morning hours of Saturday.  Gwinnett Police K-9 and the police helicopter were deployed to help locate the missing teen.  The search was suspended early Saturday morning (in darkness) and resumed Saturday morning (in daylight). 

Numerous officers participated in the search and a cadaver dog was also utilized.  The cadaver dog did alert to an area of interest along a section of the river that was south of Highway 78.

On Sunday morning, the Hall County Dive Team responded to the area the cadaver dog alerted to.  Divers went into the water but did not locate anything.

At this time, investigators are evaluating what their next step in the search efforts will be.

If a photo of the teen is obtained, we will update this Media Release.