Stone County, MO. – A teen who has been missing for 64 days was found safe in the early morning of Thursday, August 15, 2024. Haven Shelton was first reported missing on June 11, 2024, after she left her home in Kimberling City.
The Stone County Sheriff’s Office announced the discovery of Haven through a social media post saying, ” Haven has been found and is safe and healthy! We want to thank Detective Dustin Wells and all of the detectives who never gave up looking for her.”
The Bring Haven Home Facebook page, posted information about Haven and how thankful they are to have found her. The post reads, ” The past 48 hours have been a whirlwind of activity which led us to find Haven safely in a city we are choosing not to disclose. We ONLY located her because we received a piece of mail for her mistakenly! The journey she took to get there was wild and she has clearly had a guardian angel with her the entire time. There are so many things that could have happened but the good Lord has kept her safe. So many folks stepped up to help a girl clearly in need of assistance. This could have ended in tragedy in so many different ways. We are counting our blessings tonight. We are so thankful for our friends at the Stone County Sheriff’s Department – particularly Detective Dustin Wells. He has taken this case personally and worked tirelessly now for over nine weeks to bring our girl home. He has trudged through the woods in the heat, followed up on countless leads, and drove hours away today to lay eyes on Haven himself and make sure she was safe. He has taken precious time away from his own family and we are just forever grateful to him, to Sheriff Rader for making sure that we had all the necessary resources, and to their teammates who jumped in often. There is literally nothing we can do to ever repay these guys. We are thankful for the supportive communities that have continued to show us support, share posts, and display Haven’s flyer. Lastly, we are so grateful to our family and friends who have shown up for us. People who came out and searched with us in the sweltering heat brought meals, checked in regularly, and blessed us in other supportive ways. For the first time in 64 nights, we can sleep soundly.”
