Crime & Safety

Update: Missing Lakeville Girl Found Safe

Amber Nicole Patch, 13, had been missing since late September.

According to the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, a has been found safe.

Amber Nicole Patch had last been seen on Sept. 28, 2011 and was listed as an endangered runaway, by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center declined to say where Patch was found, other than to say she's safe. There are few details as to the circumstances over how she went missing as well, with unable at this time to comment on the case.

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The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center had the following post on its facebook page:

"We are very excited to announce that Amber Patch, age 13, missing from Lakeville, MN, has been recovered! Thank you SO MUCH to all those who shared her picture and info on their own walls - it is SO helpful in getting the word out. If you posted Amber's picture or info on your wall or anywhere else public, please remove it at this time. Thank you!"

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Lakeville Patch will have more on this case as information becomes available.

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