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OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich – The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help finding a 17-year-old girl from Rochester Hills who went missing on Friday. Janella Arlene Nicholas, a senior at the Rochester Community Schools attending the Alternative Center for Education, was last seen getting off the school bus on Nov. 7 at around 3 p.m. but did not return home. Investigators believe she got into an older model Jeep Cherokee with an unknown person and left. Nicholas’ father reported her disappearance that night. The sheriff’s office sent out a press release on Nov. 10, asking for the public’s help. Deputies said she was last seen wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt. Investigators believe she could be on the west side of the state. Anyone with information is asked to call the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office at (248) 858-4950.