LAND O' LAKES, Fla. — Update: Emma Kernon has been found safe, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
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A Florida Missing Child Alert has been issued for Emma Kernon. She was last seen around 4 p.m. Monday in the Wellstone Drive area of Land O' Lakes.
Kernon is described as 5-foot-5 and 110 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. According to investigators, she was last wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and black shorts.
Anyone with information on where Kernon may be is asked to call the Pasco Sheriff's Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7, or submit a tip online.