missing: 18-year-old morna tran, last seen may 31

Got this urgent alert passed along to me from Teresa... In Hayward, California, a second Vietnamese American female has been reported missing. If you're in the Bay Area, family and friends are asking for help finding 18-year-old Morna Tran, who has been missing since last Tuesday.

Morna was last heard from leaving a party on May 31 at 12:40am. She texted her mom to tell her she was driving back, but never arrived at home. She was wearing a black sweater and blue jeans, and driving a bluish gray, four-door 2004 Honda Accord, license plate number 5FBN851. Here's the message from her family:

Morna Tran is an 18 year old girl who lives in the Hayward area and has been missing since May 31, 2011. The situation began as a runaway, but we are now calling her a missing person as there has been no contact with her for over a week, and her exact location is unknown.

The last communication from Morna was that she was leaving a party on May 31, 2011 at 12:40AM. She texted her mom, Melanie Tran, to tell her she was coming home but she never did. Morna was wearing a black sweater and blue jeans driving a bluish gray, 4-door 2004 Honda Accord. License plate number 5FBN851. She lives in Hayward, CA.

We’re asking that if anyone sees her, to please contact her mother Melanie Tran (510) 861-0627, email mornatraninfo@gmail.com or contact the Hayward Police.

If there is anything at all you can do to help get this story out to the public, I cant tell you how grateful we would be.

Thank you so very much.
Duong Family

Anyone with information about Morna's whereabouts is asked to contact her mother Melanie at (510) 861-0627, email mornatraninfo@gmail.com or the Hayward Police. To help spread the word, and for more information, you can "attend" the Facebook event page here.

Meanwhile, authorities and loved ones are still searching for missing nursing student Michelle Le, who was last seen Friday, May 27 in Hayward.

UPDATE: According to Facebook, Morna has been found and was safely returned to her family early this morning. Meanwhile, police have announced that they believe missing nursing student Michelle Le, last seen May 27, was murdered.