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Ankeny police: 14-year-old girl returns safely home, reunited with family

Police originally asked the public for help locating 14-year-old Cherish Stierwalt Thursday evening. She has since returned home safely.
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ANKENY, Iowa — UPDATE: 14-year-old Cherish Stierwalt returned to her home Friday afternoon and has reunited with her family. 

Original story:

Ankeny police are asking for the public's help locating a 14-year-old girl. 

Police said Cherish Stierwalt was last heard from on Sunday, Oct. 1, when she responded to a message from her parents. 

She is 5'5", 130 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. Police don't know who she could be with or what she was last wearing. 

If you have information about Stierwalt's whereabouts, Ankeny police ask you call the Polk County Dispatch at 515-286-3333, Ext. #5.

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