2nd teen girl missing in Oregon

OREGON CITY, OREGON - Authorities searched Saturday for a 13-year-old girl who was reported missing from the same apartment complex where her 12-year-old friend disappeared two months ago. <br> <br> Miranda Gaddis was last seen at the apartment complex on Friday morning, said Oregon City police Lt. Mike Jarvis. He said she didn&#39;t make it to school and didn&#39;t return home. <br> <br> Gaddis and 12-year-old Ashley Pond, who has been missing since Jan. 9, both attend Gardiner Middle School and are both on the school&#39;s dance team, KOIN-TV reported. <br> <br> Jarvis said the girls are friends, but there was no evidence to suggest the disappearances are connected. <br> <br> ``I understand the similarities,&#39;&#39; he said. ``They&#39;re friends, they go to the same school, they live in the same apartment complex, but we&#39;re treating them as separate investigations.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Investigators have interviewed people in the Pond case, but so far don&#39;t know what happened to the girl. Police said it was unlikely she ran away because she hasn&#39;t called friends and did not pack clothes. <br> <br> On Saturday, at least 30 police officers, sheriff&#39;s deputies and FBI agents were searching heavy foliage in the area and going to each apartment in the large complex, said sheriff&#39;s Detective Jim Strovink. <br> <br> Police also planned to check surveillance tapes from a nearby store and go through the family&#39;s computer.

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