Cops: "Hiccup Girl" Has Run Away

The 15-year-old Florida girl whose marathon case of hiccups made international news earlier this year has apparently run away from home, police said Monday.

Jennifer Mee's struggles with chronic hiccups — up to 50 times a minute for months — made her an Internet sensation and darling of morning television news shows, which aggressively fought to book her for interviews.

The hiccups, which stopped for awhile but then started again, forced her out of school.

Jennifer's sister last saw her Sunday evening at a park in north St. Petersburg, police spokesman George Kajtsa said. Her mother, Rachel Robidoux, reported her missing about 11 hours later.

"She said her daughter ran away. She doesn't know why," Kajtsa said. "We are actively looking for her, like we do with every runaway child."

Kajtsa said the agency does not consider Jennifer endangered.