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Missing girl from Dallas found safe inside barn

October 16, 2012

DALLAS -- A 10-year-old girl from Dallas was found uninjured on Monday evening just a few hours after she had been reported missing, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

A guardian of the girl had contacted the sheriff's office at 7 p.m. about what was believed to be a runaway case, officials said. After a search around the home and nearby residential areas came up empty, authorities issued an alert through the "A Child is Missing" program.

A Polk search-and-rescue team was mobilized and located the girl at about 10:30 p.m. in the loft of a barn off West Ellendale Avenue.