Missing Arkansas girl, 12, found safe in Memphis

Police issued an Amber Alert for 12-year-old Jamiria Murray, who was reported missing out of Crittenden County  Tuesday.
Police issued an Amber Alert for 12-year-old Jamiria Murray, who was reported missing out of Crittenden County Tuesday.

UPDATE:

Crittenden County deputies have inactivated an Amber Alert for a 12-year-old girl who went missing for more than two days, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said.

Police located Jamiria Murray about 11:30 a.m. Friday in Memphis, according to Zane Boyd, chief of investigations at the sheriff's office.

She appeared to be unharmed and did not have any visible injuries, he said.

Boyd said she will be returned to her parents once an investigation has concluded.

— Jaime Dunaway

EARLIER:

Authorities have issued a Morgan Nick Amber Alert for a missing Crittenden County girl who is believed to have run away with another person, police said.

The 12-year-old girl, Jamiria Murray, was reported missing by her parents Tuesday night after she did not come home from an alternative school she attended in the West Memphis School District, Crittenden County sheriff's office Chief Zane Boyd said.

Boyd said Jamiria asked another girl at the school to go with her, but the girl declined. Boyd said it was unknown who the girl was with or where she was going.

Jamiria was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black short sleeve shirt and flat black shoes, according to the Level 2 Amber Alert.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at (870) 702-2000.

— John Moritz

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