India, Aug. 6 -- The parents of a Fremont, California, teen who went missing last month are planning to hire a private investigator to help look for the Irvington High School student. The Fremont Police Department said that Katie Hong, 16, was last seen around 6:20 pm on July 25 at her home on Queens Park Court, near Rix Park. Surveillance video later showed her walking through a gas station at the corner of Blacow Road and Grimmer Boulevard, going toward Irvington Community Park.

According to police, Hong left behind a note for her family which indicates she may have run away to meet people she knew online. She is believed to have met these people on the chatting app Discord. The note indicated that she only knew these people by their o...