UPDATE March 24: The missing girl has been found, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.
EARLIER:
LOS ANGELES, CA — Authorities are asking for the public's help finding a 16-year-old girl who went missing from South Los Angeles on Sunday.
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The girl was last seen at around 1 a.m. Sunday on the 11000 block of Berendo Avenue in the unincorporated Westmont area, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
She may have been heading to the 300 block of North Matthews Street in Boyle Heights, according to deputies.
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She is a 5-foot-5 Hispanic girl who weighs 100 pounds and has green eyes, long black curly hair, braces and scars on her right thigh.
She was wearing a white shirt, denim shorts and a gold necklace with a pendant of a four-leaf clover when last seen.
Anyone with information about the girl's whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Partida or the Sheriff's South LA Station on-duty watch commander at 323-820-6700.
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