Perkins Police and Erie County Sheriff searching for missing teenagers Takylah Distel and Dequario Churchwell

UPDATE 4:45PM: Both teens have been found safe. Read more here.

ORIGINAL POST: The Perkins Township Police Department and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office are searching for 16-year-old Takylah Distel and 17-year-old Dequario Churchwell.

Distel was last seen in Sandusky on December 26, 2020.  Distel is 5′ 5″, has red and/or brown hair, and is 190 pounds. Churchwell was last seen in Sandusky on December 25, 2020. Distel is 5′ 11″, has brown hair, and is 142 pounds. The two have connections to the Sandusky area but are possibly in the state of Kentucky.

If you have any information contact the Perkins Police Department at (419) 627-0824 or the Erie County Sheriff’s Office at (419) 625-7951. All information can be kept confidential. Anyone harboring these children could be held criminally responsible.