Turquoise Alert canceled after missing 13-year-old girl from Waddell found safe

PHOENIX — A Turquoise Alert for a missing 13-year-old girl from Waddell was canceled early Saturday morning after she was found safe, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

Raylynn Phillips had been last seen leaving her home near 182nd and West Puget avenues on foot Friday around 10:30 a.m. The alert was issued later that night.

She was wearing pink pants and a long black t-shirt and carrying a brown purse with sunflowers and skulls at the time she was last seen.

Phillips is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 117 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

She suffers from a medical condition which may cause her to become lost or easily confused.

Turquoise Alerts are issued when a missing person is under the age of 65, local law enforcement has exhausted all available resources, the person is believed to be in danger or in the company of someone potentially dangerous and the circumstances surrounding the disappearance are unexplained or suspicious.

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