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Naco Border Patrol agent finds missing girl

Posted at 8:19 PM, Dec 19, 2016
and last updated 2016-12-19 22:22:19-05

A Border Patrol agent found a missing 11-year-old girl on near Bisbee on Sunday. 

Around 6 p.m., Agent Travis Petree found the girl by herself. 

According to a release, Agent Petree tried to ask the girl if she was alone, but the child did not speak clearly enough to be understood.

The Cochise County Sheriff's Office informed the agent that they had received a 911 call for a missing 11-year-old girl. 

She was found about a quarter-mile from her home.

The girl's mother and aunt were contacted and were reunited with the girl.