2 teen girls found after police they say stole car in north Georgia, wrecked it in Gwinnett County

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Dalton police say the two teens have been found and brought back to Whitfield County

Dalton Police are asking for the public’s help to locate two teenage girls who stole a family member’s car and ran away with it Monday.

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The car was found wrecked Tuesday in Gwinnett County and the girls are believed to be in metro Atlanta, possibly in Clayton County.

Dalton Police said 15-year-old Kadence Patterson and 14-year-old Kara Sosebee were left alone in a car outside Sosebee’s mother’s workplace to be picked up by another parent. Instead, they stole the car, which belongs to another of Sosebee’s relatives, and drove away.

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On Tuesday, the girls wrecked the car at the intersection of Lee Road and Telida Trail in Snellville. A witness saw the girls run from the crash on foot, climb over a fence and keep running.

Police were not able to find them.

Investigators determined they may have ties to the Clayton County area or could still be in Gwinnet County.

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Sosebee is described as 5 feet, 1 inch tall and 110 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt and blue jeans. Patterson is 5 feet 6 inches tall and 110 pounds, with dark blonde/brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a white hoodie and ripped blue jeans. The people who witnessed the wreck said the girls were wearing the same clothes.

Anyone with information on the girls’ whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Brian Shirley with the Dalton Police Department at 706-278-9085, extension 9-189 or to contact their local police.

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