Two 12-year-old Ukiah girls who had been reported missing Thursday night were found safe around 7 a.m. Friday on South Dora Street after spending the night in a nearby wooded area, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Athena Fausset and Catrina Johnson ran away after their parents decided not to allow them to see each other, the MCSO said. The girls were believed to have left the Ukiah Boys & Girls Club around 5 p.m. on Thursday, ditching their phones. Interviews of the girls’ friends led deputies to believe they planned it.
The next morning, a school employee saw the girls walking by and called the Dispatch Center, allowing deputies to find them, the MCSO said.
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