The Carson City Sheriff's office is asking for the public's help in locating a missing 16-year-old girl, believed to have run away from home, earlier this month. 

16-year-old Xochitl Garcilazo was last seen on the Fourth of July and has not returned home, and investigators believe she may be in the Gardnerville area.

Deputies say Xochitl was reported to have gone to Mills Park with friends on July 4, but did not return.

Xochitl is described as a Hispanic girl, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 210 pounds, with black hair featuring a red stripe in the front, and brown eyes. She has a nose piercing in her right nostril.

Her current whereabouts are unknown, but authorities believe she may be in or around Gardnerville.

Anyone with information on Xochitl’s location is urged to contact Sergeant Brett Bindley with the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division at (775) 283-7815, Carson City Dispatch non-emergency (775) 887-2008, or Secret Witness at (775) 322-4900.Â