Have you seen her? Police searching for missing Margate teen who has depression

Margate police are asking for help in finding a 16-year-old girl who left her home Thursday and is now missing. They want to find her fast — she has depression and a history of suicidal tendencies, police said.

Lakeisha Scott left her Broward County home around 10:45 p.m. and was likely picked up by a vehicle, police said. The teenager lives in the 6500 block of Northwest First Court.

Police say she is about 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a thin build. They say she has brown eyes and short brown hair. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie, gray pants and black sandals. Her hair was in a short ponytail.

Anyone who knows where Scott is should call Margate police at 954-764-4347.

This story was originally published February 26, 2021 at 9:17 AM.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription