The runaway female Emalyn Scott was found safe last night in Olney and was transported back by our investigator reports Sheriff Marshall Thomas.

On June 8, 2026, at approximately 9:16 p.m., a deputy with the Montague County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Bowie Police Department in reference to a runaway juvenile from Indian Hills Road, Bowie.
The reporting party was the mother of the missing female. The mother advised her daughter identified as Emalyn Maye Scott a 16-year-old white female had been missing since approximately 1 a.m.
The reporting party advised Emalyn and a female friend had gone for a walk around midnight on U.S. 81 near Indian Hills Road before returning to the residence and going to bed. When the mother got up on the morning of June 8, Emalyn was not at the residence.
Emalyn was entered into NCIC/TCIC and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was contacted. A notice also was sent to all agencies within 200 miles of Montague County.
The last known whereabouts of Emalyn was on June 8, 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m. where a deputy had come into contact with her and her friend during their walk that was reported by the mother. She was observed again, walking by herself, at approximately 2 a.m. These contacts were prior to her being reported as missing.
Emalyn is approximately 5’02” tall, weighs 120 pounds, has black hair and green eyes.
If you have any information on Emalyn’s whereabouts contact the Montague County Sheriff’s Office immediately at (940) 894-2871.