Updated May 27, 2019

After missing for nearly a week, a Columbia teenager was found to be safe on Friday.

Christopher Andrew Gibson, 17,  was located after the Columbia Police Department issued a notification that the boy was missing, and asking for the public’s help in locating him.

In another case, Ashley Clanton was first reported missing in Lawrence County on January 16th. 

Reports show tips have been called claiming the teenager was seen in Columbia, Giles County and in Alabama.

Clanton has been placed on a national listing of missing children from the National Center of Exploited and Missing Children.

There are more than 70 missing children recorded in Tennessee each year with approximately 60 percent of those children are girls.

Twelve children are listed as missing by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, but Clanton does not appear on the list.