WA police appeal for help to find 10-year-old girl missing from Perth suburbs

A ten-year-old Indigenous girl from Perth's outer northern suburbs has been found after going missing on Saturday. Western Australia police reported the girl was found at 7pm on Tuesday, five hours after a press conference was held to appeal for help in locating the child. The girl had not been seen since early Saturday evening when she was last seen leaving a home in Butler at about 5:45pm on August 15.

She was described as being about 160cm tall, wearing black shorts and a black jumper, with long brown hair, blonde ends, and dark brown eyes. Police believed the girl may have traveled up to 80km away, potentially ending up in the Kwinana, Leda, Parmelia, or Wellard areas of the city's coastal outer suburbs. However, police had mistakenly announced her location on Monday afternoon, but later reissued an alert stating she was still missing.

Assistant Superintendent Darren Hart of the Mandurah district police expressed concern for the girl's safety, stating that she may be staying with family or associates. He also revealed that she might have been in the Wellard area over the weekend, indicating concern for her well-being as she navigates the world on her own at such a young age.