UPDATE: Merced 19-year-old found, police say

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A missing 19-year-old has been located, the Merced Police Department says.

Just after 6:30 a.m. Saturday the department announced on a social media post that she had been found and was safe.

An Amber Alert was initially issued for her after she was believed to have been abducted in Merced, the California Highway Patrol said.

Officers with the Merced Police Department originally requested the public’s help in locating her. They say she was last seen in the 400 block of Lesher Drive on Friday at 5 p.m.

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