UPDATE: 1:04 p.m. - August 1, 2025
The Missing Endangered Person Advisory for 16-year-old Lyza Gersitz-McClain has been cancelled.
Lyza was found safe.
(first report: 8:46 a.m. - August 1, 2025)
A Missing Endangered Person Advisory has been issued on behalf of the Missoula Police Department for a local teenager.
Law enforcement has reason to believe that 16-year-old Lyza Rose Gersitz-McClain is in danger.
There are reports to law enforcement that Lyza and a male juvenile are headed to Rathdrum, Idaho, to meet up with a stranger.
The vehicle they are travelling in is a 1997 Tan GMC Sierra, with a Montana personalized plate TH3DUCK.
Anyone with information about Lyza is asked to contact the Missoula Police Department at 406-552-6300 or dial 911.

Montana Department of Justice