Police searching for 15-year-old girl who vanished

RIGHT NOW A GIRL IS RECOVERING … AFTER BEING BITTEN BY A BEAVER WITH RABIES… AT A POPULAR GEORGIA LAKE. THE URGENT PUSH … TO HAVE THE WHOLE THING DRAINED. THE NEW REQUIREMENT FOR – *EVERY *PERSON IN SOUTH CAROLINA … CONVICTED OF A D- U-I. FROM HEALTH SCREENINGS … TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES … AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. I’M AJ SISSON LIVE IN SAVANNAH … WITH HOW FAMILIES CAN START GETTING READY *TODAY. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING – – I’M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I’M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST CATHERINE LIBERTA IS JOINING US NOW …. THURSDAY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1PM. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 94. HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 105. SOUTHWEST WIND 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. THURSDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 77. SOUTH WIND 7 TO 9 MPH. FRIDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER NOON. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 92. HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 106. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 13 MPH BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 21 MPH. FRIDAY NIGHT A 30 “TO THINK THAT IT WAS AGGRESSIVE AND ATTACKED A CHILD IS SCARY. REALLY SCARY.” THIS MORNING .. A GIRL IS RECOVERING .. AFTER WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY SHE WAS ATTACKED BY A GIANT – *RABID BEAVER AT A GEORGIA LAKE. AND IT’S THE SAME LAKE … PEOPLE ARE ASKING COUNTY LEADERS TO *DRAIN. AUTHORITIES SAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT LAKE LANIER IN HALL COUNTY.. SINCE THE 19-50’S. INCLUDING THE SON.. OF A WOMAN WHO WAS ONCE MARRIED TO USHER. TAMEKA FOSTER ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.. SHE STARTED A PETITION.. TO DRAIN THE LAKE.. AFTER HER SON DIED IN A JET-SKI ACCIDENT BACK IN 20-12. BACK IN MAY… MARGARITAVILLE AT LAKE LANIER BANNED SWIMMING IN CERTAIN AREAS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. AND OVER THE WEEKEND.. STATE WILDLIFE RESOURCE OFFICERS SAID A GIRL WAS BITTEN BY A BEAVER WHILE SWIMMING IN THE LAKE. THEY SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SEEN IN THE STATE.. AROUND 55 POUNDS. OFFICIALS SAY HER DAD JUMPED IN THE WATER TO SAVE HER. THE BEAVER TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES. DON MCGOWAN 4:13-421 “OH, THEY’RE BIG. THOSE TEETH CONTINUE TO GROW. THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THEM FILED DOWN IS BY EATING WOOD.” DON MCGOWAN/DNR WILDLIFE RESOURCES SUPERVISOR 4:45- 452 “ANY WILDLIFE SPECIES CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT A BEAVER WOULD HAVE RABIES. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW!” ??????STATE WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS SAY A BEAVER ATTACK IS VERY RARE… AND THEY HAVEN’T SEEN ONE IN MORE THAN TEN YEARS. HAPPENING TODAY … THERE ARE SEVERAL BACK- TO-SCHOOL EVENTS … GETTING PARENTS AND KIDS READY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. THIS MORNING … WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU TACKLE? IS IT SCHOOL SUPPLIES. HEALTH SCREENINGS. CLOTHES. MAYBE THE KIDS’ SLEEP SCHEDULE. VOTE RIGHT NOW IN OUR LIVE INTERACTIVE POLL. JUST SCAN THE Q-R CODE ON YOUR SCREEN OR VISIT WJCL DOT COM SLASH VOTE. WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH WJCL 22 NEWS’ AJ SISSON. AJ … WALK US THROUGH WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY. FRANK … EMMA … KIDS ALL ACROSS OUR AREA WILL BE BACK IN SCHOOL BEFORE YOU KNOW IT … AND TODAY … SEVERAL GROUPS WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE READY. THIS AFTERNOON … WE’LL HEAR FROM DOCTORS WITH MEMORIAL HEALTH IN SAVANNAH … ABOUT BACK-TO- SCHOOL CHECKUPS. WE’LL HEAR WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW … INCLUDING IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS … WHY THESE CHECKUPS ARE SO IMPORTANT … AND … WHY TO GO AHEAD AND GET THEM SCHEDULED *NOW. AND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW … THERE ARE TWO BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES HAPPENING IN OUR AREA. ONE … AT BLUFFTON SELF HELP. THE OTHER … WITH SAVANNAH POLICE. WE HAVE A FULL LIST OF WHAT THEY’RE ASKING FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR … AND … WHERE YOU CAN DONATE … ON OUR WEBSITE WJCL DOT COM. AND … BE SURE TO GO AHEAD AND DOWNLOAD THE WJCL 22 NEWS APP. IT’S FREE IN YOUR APP STORE. THAT’S WHERE WE’LL SEND YOU ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT UPDATES THIS SCHOOL YEAR. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE LIVE TRAFFIC TRACK 22 MAP … BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT IN THE MORNING. THAT’LL BE A GREAT RESOURCE AS WE START TO SEE MORE PEOPLE ON THE ROADWAYS. IT’S AT WJCL DOT COM SLASH TRAFFIC. FRANK … EMMA … BACK TO YOU. ALRIGHT … WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLL NOW. WHAT DO YOU TACKLE FIRST … WHEN IT COMES TO BACK TO SCHOOL. RIGHT NOW … POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE MAN SEEN IN THIS VIDEO … *FALLING* THROUGH THE ROOF OF A STORE … THEY SAY … WAS TRYING TO STEAL FROM. THIS HAPPENED IN ATLANTA MONDAY. OFFICERS SAY THE STORE WAS RANSACKED … AND THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE – *THIRD *TIME HE STOLE FROM THE STORE … IN JUST A WEEK. – *EVERY *PERSON CONVICTED OF D-U- I IN SOUTH CAROLINA … WILL NOW HAVE TO BLOW INTO A BREATHALIZER … TO START THEIR CAR. IT’S CALLED AN IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEM. IT TESTS YOUR BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL … AND REPORTS IT TO OFFICIALS. THIS MORNING … A CONVICTED MURDERER IS BACK IN JAIL.. AFTER HE WAS RELEASED EARLY FROM PRISON EARLIER THIS YEAR. YESTERDAY SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THEY CAPTURED “JERIOD PRICE”… AFTER A MONTHS-LONG SEARCH. PRICE WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING A COLLEGE STUDENT BACK IN TWO THOUSAND AND TWO. HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON.. 16 YEARS EARLY .. BUT SOUTH CAROLINA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL.. AND THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM.. PUSHED THE STATE TO HAVE HIM FINISH HIS SENTENCE. ALL NEW THIS MORNING … THE WIDESPREAD IMPACTS OF THIS *STANDSTILL *TRAFFIC ON I-75 IN ATLANTA YESTERDAY. IT ALL STARTED BECAUSE A DUMP TRUCK DRIVER … HIT A STEEL POST … CAUSING A MASSIVE SIGN TO TOPPLE … BLOCKING TRAFFIC. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT … BUT BOY DID IT CAUSE A *HUGE *MESS. IT WAS HORRIBLE I’VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE IT. THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE I POPPED THE TRUNK AND I STILL HAD SOME CHAIRS IN THE BACK FROM FOURTH OF JULY AND WE WERE JUST CHILLIN THERE WAS A GUY THAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME THAT WAS WAXING HIS JEEP THERE WAS A WOMAN TO THE RIGHT OF ME WHO HAD A NEWBORN BABY WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE CAR OVERHEATING AND WE WERE RUNNING LOW ON GAS SO I’M JUST HAPPY TO BE OUT OF IT. SHE SAYS AT ONE POINT … SEVERAL CARS WERE WORKING TOGETHER … TO HAVE – *EVERYONE TURN AROUND … AND DRIVE THE WRONG WAY … TO GET OUT OF THE GRIDLOCK. SHE SAYS IT ONLY MADE THINGS WORSE. EVERYTHING CLEARED UP AROUND 8 O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT. NEW THIS MORNING.. THE STATE OF GEORGIA… WILL HAVE *BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EXTRA MONEY.. THAT COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE REFUND CHECKS. THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THE STATE IS EXPECTING TO HAVE MORE THAN TEN *BILLION DOLLARS IN EXTRA CASH. WHICH LAWMAKERS CAN SPEND.. INVEST.. OR GIVE BACK TO TAXPAYERS. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT ONE – *THOUSAND DOLLARS.. FOR EVERY TAX PAYER IN GEORGIA. NEW ZONING REQUESTS ARE PUT ON HOLD.. IN BRYAN COUNTY… BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE GROWTH THE AREA IS SEEING. ITS ACTUALLY THE FASTING GROWING AREA IN THE STATE.. THANKS TO THE INCOMING HYUNDAI META-PLANT. RIGHT NOW … OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO LAY OUT PLANS FOR THE COMMUNITY.. WITH A WAVE OF NEW NEIGHBORS AND INFASTRUCTURE COMING TO THE AREA. “HOW DO YOU BALANCE HOUSING, AND WAREHOUSING…WHAT DO YOU DO, DO YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO WAREHOUSE PEOPLE, OR DO YOU WAREHOUSE GOODS, THEY BOTH HAVE HOUSE IN THE NAME.” BRYAN COUNTY WILL RESUME TAKING APPLICATIONS NEXT YEAR.

Missing in Garden City: Police searching for 15-year-old girl who vanished

Carmen Michelle Manuel-Natarin was last seen near the Savannah Pines Mobile Home Park.

Updated: 1:57 PM EDT Jul 13, 2023

Above video: Your Thursday headlinesPolice in Garden City need your help finding a missing teenage girl.Carmen Michelle Manuel-Natarin, 15, was last seen Thursday near Savannah Pines Mobile Home Park.TRENDING STORIESMissing in South Carolina: Police searching for 12-year-old girl who vanished overnightWork crews will be busy along Savannah’s historic riverfront for the next several months. Here’s whyGeorgia 18-year-old college student dies after saving girl at popular beachShe is described as 5 feet tall and about 90 pounds. She was last seen wearing black pants and a red shirt.If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, call Garden City Police or 911.

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Police in Garden City need your help finding a missing teenage girl.

Carmen Michelle Manuel-Natarin, 15, was last seen Thursday near Savannah Pines Mobile Home Park.

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She is described as 5 feet tall and about 90 pounds. She was last seen wearing black pants and a red shirt.

If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, call Garden City Police or 911.