Sinai Moreno. Photo via Chapel Hill Police.

****UPDATE: Police said just after midnight Wednesday that Moreno had returned safely.****

Chapel Hill Police are asking for assistance locating a runaway 16-year-old girl.

Authorities said Sinai Moreno was last seen around 5 p.m. Monday at 1800 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard in north Chapel Hill.

Moreno is described as a Hispanic female, roughly 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing an estimated 150 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair, according to police. Officials said she was last seen wearing a blue Harris Teeter polo and khaki pants.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Moreno is asked to call 911 or Orange County Communications at (919) 732-5063.

 

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