Authorities in Pierce County are searching for a teen girl who disappeared earlier this week.

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On Tuesday evening, 16-year-old Yarelsy Castellano Chacon went outside to take out the garbage and did not return home, officials said.

She was last seen in the 8400 block of McKinley Avenue East around 6:30 p.m.

She is Hispanic, stands 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 112 pounds.

“Yarelsy may be suffering from depression and does not have a phone,” according to a post on the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page .

Anyone with information is urged to call 911.

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