Deputies seek help in missing-person case

Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are seeking help in locating a 23-year-old woman who went missing last month.

Jai Rmanii Hicks, also known as Rmanii, was last seen about 3 p.m. on July 16 in the 200 block of West Woodbury Road in Altadena, authorities said on Twitter.

She was wearing a black shirt and black pants and carried a brown backpack.

Hicks is 5 feet 10, about 185 pounds, with brown eyes and shoulder-length red hair styled in dreadlocks, the Sheriff’s Department said on Facebook.

She has three tattoos, including an ankh, the Egyptian symbol of life, on her ankle; a girl on her right thigh; and a tribal symbol below her chest.

Hicks’ family is concerned about her well-being and is asking for the public’s help in locating her, authorities said.

Anyone who has information on Hicks’ whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Sheriff ’s Department’s missing-persons unit at (323) 890-5500.

Those who wish to make an anonymous tip can call Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org. Tips can also by made via a smartphone by downloading the P3 Tips mobile app from Google Play or the Apple App Store.