Greene County Sheriff Investigating Fatal Shooting Of A Juvenile

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The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting west of Springfield Tuesday.

Springfield police received a report that a 14-year-old female, later identified by police as Jackie Strahle, had been shot and killed at an unknown location. A woman later called the Greene County Sheriff’s Office to report her daughter missing from the 5600 block of West Farm Road 140.

Deputies searched the location and found the girl’s body in a brushy area behind a house. Detectives are trying to locate persons of interest. Sheriff’s officials say there is no threat to the public.