MAKENA BESSETTE WAS LOCATED BY THE EUGENE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RETURNED TO HER MOTHER.
The Josephine County Sheriff's Office is seeking public assistance in locating a missing girl from Grants Pass.
The Sheriff's Office reports 12-year-old Makena Bessette was last seen at her residence on East Jones Creek Road. Her mother returned home and found that she had packed a bag of belongings and left some time that afternoon.
Bessette did not give any indication she was leaving or where she may have gone. She has friends in the Eugene area and her mother believes she may have tried to hitchhike there.
There was a confirmed sighting of the girl in Eugene on Wednesday, and the Sheriff's Office has since received information that she could be traveling to California with another female and male.
Bessette is described as a white female, 5-feet-3-inches tall and 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Makena Bessette is encouraged to contact the Sheriff's Office at (541)-474-5123.