High-risk teen who fled Yukon group home is suicidal, mother says

The mother of an18-year-old girl who left a Yukon group home for Alberta last week says her daughter is suicidal, and the girl'sexact whereabouts are unknown.

The teenageris a permanent ward of the director of Yukon's Family and Children's Services branch.Shetold CBCearlier this month that she was unhappy with how she was being treated at the girls' receiving home.The girl cannot be named because she is a minorcurrently in care.

Last week, aYukon social worker drove the girl to the Greyhound bus depot in Whitehorsewherethe teenbought a ticket for Alberta.

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The girl's mother, who lives in B.C., told CBCshe has since been in touch, and that her daughter hadthreatenedto jump off a bridge.

"[She]just messaged. She is going to kill herself," the mother texted CBCon Sunday.

"No one knows where she is. They think she is in Calgary," she added.

The teenagerdid respond to a text from CBC around 5 p.m. on Sunday, but did not indicate where she was.

The mother says Calgary police called her Monday morning, and told her they were no longer looking for the girl, because as an 18-year-old, she's considered an adult in thatprovince.

The girl's condition andwhereabouts remainunknown.

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