A teenage child of two tech executives who was reported missing last Monday was found safe in San Francisco Saturday, authorities said.
Mint Butterfield, the 16-year-old child of Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield and Flickr founder Caterina Fake, was found safe around 11:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Sunday. Mint’s pronouns are they/them.
The sheriff’s office said Mint had been associated with an “adult friend,” identified as 26-year-old Christopher “Kio” Dizefalo of San Francisco. Police said a white van associated with Dizefalo was located in San Francisco, and he and Mint were found inside.
Mint was uninjured and, according to the news release, police confirmed she had run away from home voluntarily.
“After being interviewed by MCSO detectives, Dizefalo was arrested for multiple criminal violations and was booked in the Marin County Jail, where his bail was set at $50,000,” police said in the news release. Mint was returned to the custody of their family.
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ORIGINAL:
Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield’s 16-year-old child has been reported missing and is believed to be in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, according to police and local officials.
Mint Butterfield was reported missing by their mother, entrepreneur Caterina Fake, on Monday, Marin County Sheriff Sgt. Adam Schermerhorn confirmed to The Standard. They were last seen around 10 p.m. in Bolinas on Sunday and were reported missing the next morning.
Officials said the teen, who has a San Francisco address, has a history of substance abuse and is known to frequent the Tenderloin.
The Marin County Sheriff’s Office posted a flyer with Mint Butterfield’s picture to the social media platform Nextdoor on Tuesday. Supervisor Matt Dorsey reposted the flyer on X, saying Butterfield was now believed to be in or around the Tenderloin.
Influential writer and social media personality Yashar Ali also posted about the teenager’s situation in a post seen over 400,000 times, according to X analytics.
FULL STORY: https://sfstandard.com/2024/04/23/slack-ceos-teen-child-reported-missing-san-francisco/
