On Wednesday, July 8, at 5:21 p.m., officers responded to a report of a missing juvenile who had left home and failed to return, Sparta police said.
An extensive search began, and other law enforcement agencies were alerted after it was learned she may have traveled outside Sparta, police said.
Investigators believed she was in Andover Township and a K-9 team was deployed to assist along with a drone, police said.
The drone's thermal image capabilities helped locate the girl along with a wooded tree line, police said. She was found unharmed and was returned to her family, police said.
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