CLERMONT, Fla. (WSVN) — Authorities seek the public’s help in their search for a 12-year-old girl who, they said, went missing from the Orlando area and may have headed to South Florida.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Florida Missing Child Alert for Sofia Prendiville, Monday morning.
Investigators said the girl was last seen in the area of the 4500 block of Olympia Court in Clermont.
Prendiville stands 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs around 130 pounds, and brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a cream sweater and black pants and was carrying a small black backpack at the time of her disappearance.
Investigators said Prendiville may have boarded a bus to Miami on Friday.
Officials urge anyone with information on her whereabouts to contact the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 352-343-2101 or 911.
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