UPDATE (12:40 p.m., Sept. 13) - Police say Nevaeh Leal has been located.
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(Sept. 12, 2019) - Santa Maria police are asking the community for help finding a missing girl.
Police say 12-year-old Nevaeh Leal was reported missing Thursday night.
Officers describe her as Hispanic, five feet tall and 157 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing jeans, and gray/white hoody zip up jacket.
If you have information about Leal's whereabouts, you're asked to call Santa Maria police at (805) 928-3781 x 227.