JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Update: The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said at 8:31 a.m. that the missing 17-year-old girl has been located.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is asking for the community's help with searching for a missing 17-year-old girl.
JSO says officers responded to the Julington Creek area at 1 a.m. Thursday after the girl was reported to be last seen late Wednesday evening. The sheriff's office also says the girl is diagnosed with autism.
It is believed that she left her home on foot and met up with two other individuals: 19-year-old Isaiah Smith and 18-year-old Evan Winter, according to JSO. Police say the three are "possibly driving around in a silver 2023 Jeep Cherokee bearing Florida tag 'LDHT73.'"
JSO says the girl is described as being five feet and two inches tall, weighs 145 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a black "Juice Wrld" t-shirt with blue shorts and red slides.