RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — UPDATE: 9:55 PM. The Randolph County Sheriff's Office says they have found the missing child. She is safe.

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Authorities are searching for a 9-year-old girl who was reported missing around 4:30 Sunday afternoon in Sophia, according to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office .

Laura Barbara Escobar was last seen in the area of Roy Farlow Road wearing an olive green shirt with a frog on it, olive green shorts and black Crocs, deputies said. She left the area on foot and did not take any belongings with her.

Escobar is described as 4-foot-1 and 68 pounds, with waist-length brown hair in a ponytail, blue eyes and olive skin.

Investigators say she left home to go to the neighbors and went missing. The Sheriff's Office tells WFMY there is no Amber Alert as of 9:1

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