Lauren Krea Dean is back home!

Police released information today announcing the return of 16-year-old Lauren Krea Dean to Coldwater this morning. Sgt. Dave Crilly reported that a citizen spotted Dean at the Columbia Avenue Meijer store in Battle Creek at 8:30 a.m. and transported her to the Coldwater Police Department. We received an email from someone close to the case announcing that her mother, Natalie Dean, was on her way to pick up the daughter she has not seen since she ran away July 9 with a Missouri man she met on MySpace.com. See this weekend's Chronicle for more information on Natalie Dean's more than three week search for her daughter and the 20-year-old stranger with home she ran away. Police said no crimes were committed and no charges are expected. Log onto Find LKD for the latest.