LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Several Northern California law enforcement agencies are asking for Lake County residents' help in locating a 14-year-old girl who ran away from her home last month.
Dusty Bateman, 14, ran away from her home in Fort Jones on Sept. 11, according to the Etna Police Department.
She was last seen in Weed later that day, and is considered to be at risk, authorities said.
Etna Police, the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, the Weed Police Department and the Trinity County Sheriff's Department are working together to locate the teen.
Authorities said Dusty has connections to Trinity County, specifically the Hayfork area, as well as the Oroville area in Butte County and Sacramento County.
Det. Jayme Bayley of the Trinity County Sheriff’s Department said she also received information from Trinity County's Child Protective Services agency that Dusty may be in Lake County.
Dusty Bateman has brown hair and brown eyes, is 5 feet, 2 inches tall, and 146 pounds, officials said.
Anyone who knows where she is or has information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Etna Police Department at 530-467-3400 or the 24-hour dispatch line at 530-841-2900.
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Authorities ask for help in finding at-risk runaway teen
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