Goochland police find 13-year-old Isabella Shiflett; search continues for second missing teen

Virginia State Police announced in a CBS19 update that a teen who had been reported missing has been located, and officials report Isabella Gayle Shiflett is safe. Shiflett, 13, had been the subject of a CODI Alert issued by Virginia State Police on behalf of the Goochland County Sheriff's Office, which described the disappearance as posing "a credible threat to her health and safety as determined by the investigating agency."

CBS19’s initial alert provided a full physical description of Shiflett: a white female, brown hair, hazel eyes, 5-foot-7 and 156 pounds. The report said she was last seen at 11:52 p.m. on Feb. 9 in the 6100 block of Community House Road in Columbia, Va., and was possibly wearing a camo jacket or plaid shirt, black leggings and black snow boots, with her hair possibly in a ponytail or braid. The station noted the Virginia State Police had issued the CODI Alert on behalf of the Goochland County Sheriff's Office and listed the sheriff’s office phone number as (804) 556-5349 for further information.

Local coverage and social posts framed the incident differently. WRIC and related Facebook and X snippets stated "Police are looking for two missing teenagers who went missing out of Goochland County on Valentine's Day," explicitly tying the disappearance to Feb. 14. That timeline conflicts with CBS19’s Feb. 9 last-seen timestamp; the reporting corpus contains both timeframes but no official clarification tying the CODI Alert issuance to either date.

Sources also diverge on whether a second juvenile remains missing. MSN reported that "Virginia State Police say a missing 13-year-old along with the other boy she was traveling with, were found safe in Goochland County," while CBS19’s update names Isabella specifically as located and safe but does not supply identifying details for any accompanying boy. No source in the available reporting provided a name, age, description, or last-seen information for the male juvenile, nor did any outlet provide details on where or when the juveniles were located, who located them, whether medical attention was required, or whether any law enforcement action followed.

The Goochland County Sheriff's Office is the local point of contact listed in CBS19’s reporting; the phone number provided is (804) 556-5349. The Virginia State Police was credited with issuing the CODI Alert and with reporting the located status in the CBS19 update, but the excerpts provided do not include a full CODI Alert text, the alert’s issuance timestamp, or additional statement from either agency about the resolution of the search.

Reporting on the incident includes page elements and byline fragments on the CBS19 page that reference Sharra Klug and site staff, and social media posts showing public attention to the search. For official confirmation of the timeline and the status of the second juvenile, the Goochland County Sheriff's Office and the Virginia State Police are the agencies identified in the available reports.