A Chula Vista 12-year-old girl has been found safe Tuesday afternoon, a day after disappearing.
The girl was reunited with her mom, as of 2 p.m.
Police said the girl disappeared from Chula Vista at 4 p.m. Monday and may have been in the Ocean Beach area several hours later.
Tuesday morning, Chula Vista police told NBC 7 they thought the girl had been found safe at a relative's house. However, later in the morning police said they had been mistaken and the girl had not yet been found.
Police said she was found safe on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said the girl did not have a history of running away and they are still sorting out the circumstances that led to her disappearance.
