Found Deceased OR - Charlotte Fosgate 17, Endangered, serious MH issues, may be a danger to self, last seen leaving home SE Arista, Oak Grove, 1 May 2025

[Unalienable Rights]

https://www.facebook.com/clackcosheriff/posts/989907346663488

Sheriff’s Office Searching for Missing Teenager from Oak Grove | Clackamas County

CCSO Case #25-009170

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Sheriff’s Office Searching for Missing Teenager from Oak Grove​

Date
5/4/2025

CCSO Case #25-009170

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing and endangered teenager from the Oak Grove area. Charlotte Fosgate, age 17, was last seen late in the evening on Friday, May 1, 2025, along SE Arista Drive. Charlotte is described as a white female with a medium build, 5’10”, 130 lbs., with brown eyes and long, brown curly hair. She usually wears gold framed glasses.

Charlotte has been diagnosed with significant mental health issues and could be a danger to herself. She did not take prescribed medications with her. She has a transit pass and may be using public transportation. Her family believes she may be somewhere in the Portland area.

If located, please contact the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency line at 503-655-8211, or 9-1-1 if it’s an emergency.

ADDITIONAL TIPS & INFORMATION WANTED: Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact the Sheriff’s Office Tip Line -- by phone at 503-723-4949 or by using the online email form at: Tip Sheet | Clackamas County

CCSO Case #25-009170

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Brian McCall, Public Information Officer
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office
Communications Unit

Police searching for missing Milwaukie teen

Police are searching for a missing teen who has not been seen since leaving home early Friday morning.

www.kptv.com

The 17-year-old, Charlotte, was last seen leaving her home on Southeast Arista Drive in Milwaukie in the early morning hours Friday, according to family. She took only a bus pass, leaving her wallet home.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Seach continues for missing Oak Grove teen

Charlotte Fosgate, 17, was reported missing last week; a volunteer dive team has joined the search focusing around the St. Johns Bridge.

www.kgw.com

Charlotte Fosgate, 17, was reported missing last week; a volunteer dive team has joined the search focusing around the St. Johns Bridge.

 

[tlorik]

Ten days and no news?

 

[realanastasia]

I wonder if this

Ten days and no news?

Nothing in MSM yet, but have seen a sad update on social media (can’t link due to Websleuths’ TOS). A missing flyer produced and shared by her friends has concerning details about her last known whereabouts and the last thoughts she posted on social media before her phone became inactive.

 

[Deleted member 364253]

Maybe she left her wallet at home because she was trying to go hang out with a relative or friend who would cover her food for a few days. Then, of course, her mental illness kicked in and she is lost somewhere in town now.

Edit: Nevermind. Just saw her social media post.

 

[confused.mp3]

Sonic Modding Community Pays Tribute to Beloved Member 'Charcoal', Confirmed Dead at 17

Charlotte Fosgate, a 17-year-old member of the Sonic the Hedgehog modding community, has been confirmed dead after her initial disappearance on May 2. A family member announced that her body had been located and recovered, in a social media post that pays tribute to the prominent community member...

www.sonicstadium.org

rest in peace Charlotte

 

[Goecke]

'Transphobia Is Not Victimless': Online Queer Communities Remember Charlotte Fosgate

After the death of 17-year-old trans girl Charlotte Fosgate, members of the trans community are creating digital memorials in spite of online transphobia.

www.rollingstone.com

The way this poor girl has been treated before and after her death is absolutely horrible. Fly high, Charlotte. I'm keeping her and her family in my thoughts.

 

[shinimeggie]

It must be a terrible time for trans teenagers (and adults) given the politicising of an entire spectrum of people.

I hope Charlotte has found her peace but I'm devastated someone this young felt there was no other outcome and no future for her. I wish I could have told her it does get better - maybe slowly, but it will get there.

I wish the trolls misgendering her and giving her family and friends more reason to be upset at such a vulnerable time would look through the lens of empathy. Hopefully something shiny will distract them and won't taint Charlotte's memory, because the poor girl has already, clearly, been through a lot and I know how much it can hurt.

Rest in Power, Charlotte.

 

[Gemmie]

RIP Charlotte.

"It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that we share the passing of Charlotte Fosgate, a 17-year-old from Oak Grove, Oregon, who left this world on May 2, 2025. She [suicide method redacted] to commit suicide.

"Charlotte was a vibrant and creative teenager navigating life as a transgender girl in a world that too often failed to show her the kindness she so deeply deserved. She was last seen on the evening of May 1 and reported missing soon after. Her final public messages, posted the next morning, offered a heartbreaking farewell from a high bridge—an image that now haunts everyone who knew and cared for her.

"Charlotte’s tweets, which quietly said goodbye—'it’s a pretty view' and 'long way down'—were viewed millions of times in the hours after her death. But what should have been a space for grief and remembrance became a mirror of society’s cruelty. The response from parts of the internet was callous, transphobic, and dehumanizing—a tragedy in its own right.

"But Charlotte was not a joke. She was not content. She was a child—a daughter, a friend, a soul in pain who still smiled, still shared jokes, still had dreams. She loved art, music, and expressing herself online in the only ways she felt safe. Charlotte had so much left to do, so much left to say, and so much love left to give.

"Charlotte lived in a world where being different often meant being targeted. She lived in a society that criminalized her identity and vilified her truth. Yet through all of that, she dared to be herself. That, in itself, was an act of courage.

"Her death is not just a personal loss, but a societal failure—a reminder of the urgent need for compassion, mental health care, and safety for transgender youth. According to national data, transgender teens like Charlotte face staggering rates of depression, rejection, and suicide. But none of it is inevitable. Every life lost is one we could have saved."

Charlotte was a active member of the modding community. A member of her community wrote the following tribute, which paints a picture of a creative young woman whose loss makes us all so much poorer:

Charlotte/Burntfishe/Charcoal: An amazing modder and friend of who I miss very much

First off: I always saw charcoal as an amazing friend. We worked together many times and every time we did she was one of my favourite people to work with. > Charlotte will always be remembered by everyone as one of the best to ever do it. No hate towards her will be tolerated.

Charlotte's first mod was published on January 23rd, being a port of Emerald Coast from Sonic Adventure.

Charlotte would go on to make many of the most popular, creative, and purely fun mods the community has ever seen. We continued to stay in touch, offer advice to each other, and I'd definitely recommend giving all these mods a go. They're great fun and a product of her talent.

She also selflessly offered her contribution, help, advice, and guidance to many modders both new and veteran. Her real contributions goes way beyond this, but these are notable examples.

I will always remember Charlotte as an amazing friend and someone who boosted the whole community during a crucial growing stage. The HE2 level modding community would be nowhere near as vibrant and healthy if it wasn't for her efforts. I feel so privileged that I got to work with Charlotte and be a recipient of her kindness and be her friend. She was taken way too soon and nobody should ever have to endure what she did.

She always made us smile and laugh and was the best person we could ever ask for. Charlotte Fosgate, you'll be missed dearly by us all.

Charlotte's Twitter profile is ttps://x.com/burntfishie.

Source: https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2025/05/25/charlotte-fosgate_portland-oregon-usa_965af2d3