SANPETE COUNTY, Utah — An AMBER Alert was never issued for the missing 12-year-old girl out of Sanpete County last week, but that doesn't mean this case wasn't a top priority.

Sheriff Jared Buchanan said it was solid police work and a real collaboration between multiple departments, plus the public's help, that helped lead to the discovery of the young girl who they heard was missing Tuesday morning.

"Between 7:00 and 8 in the morning is when law enforcement was notified that a 12-year-old juvenile had went missing. Last seen around midnight," Buchanan told FOX 13 News Monday in his office in Manti.

The girl's family reported that she had run away, taking her grandfather's truck.

"Due to the age of the juvenile involved, we took the case very seriously. The Sanpete County investigation

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