Non-Verbal Autistic Girl, 11, Disappeared 2 Days Ago In Los Angeles County

LYNWOOD, CA — Authorities on Tuesday asked for the public's help finding a 11-year-old, non-verbal autistic girl who went missing from Lynwood on Sunday.

Cherish Duhon was last seen at around 9:50 p.m. Sunday on the 3000 block of Carlin Avenue, in a neighborhood southeast of El Segundo Boulevard and Alameda Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Cherish has autism and was described as being non-verbal and having a speech impediment.

Cherish is a 5-foot-2 Black girl who weighs 109 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, a white shirt with flowers, ripped blue jeans and pink Jordan-style Nike shoes.

Anyone with information about Cherish's whereabouts is urged to call the sheriff's Century Station at 323-568-4800.