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Police continue search for missing Fairfield County transgender teenager

Jhenae Cedeno, a Fairfield County transgender teenager has been missing since 2 a.m. Saturday, July 8, 2023.
Jhenae Cedeno, a Fairfield County transgender teenager has been missing since 2 a.m. Saturday, July 8, 2023.

A transgender Fairfeld County teenager is missing after leaving home at 2 a.m. Saturday, the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said.

Jhenae Cedeno, 16, is 5-foot-10 and 140 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Jhenae, who police considered a runaway teenager, was last seen at home on Peay Ridge Road about 2 a.m. Saturday.

Anyone with information about Jhenae’s whereabouts should call the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office at 803-635-4141.

Joseph Bustos
The State
Joseph Bustos is a state government and politics reporter at The State. He’s a Northwestern University graduate and previously worked in Illinois covering government and politics. He has won reporting awards in both Illinois and Missouri. He moved to South Carolina in November 2019 and won the Jim Davenport Award for Excellence in Government Reporting for his work in 2022. Support my work with a digital subscription
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