12-year-old girl reported missing after last seen in KC neighborhood found safe

Update: Angel Nichols, a 12-year-old girl who was reported missing after last being seeing Monday afternoon in a Kansas City neighborhood, has been found and is safe, a police spokeswoman said.

Police are asking for help finding a missing 12-year-old girl, who was last seen Monday afternoon in Kansas City, a police spokeswoman said.

Angel Nichols was last seen around 4:30 p.m. near East 39th Street and College Avenue in the Oak Park neighborhoods of Kansas City, said Officer Alayna Gonzalez with the Kansas City Police Department .

Angel was described as being about 5-feet-11 inches tall and weighing 220 pounds. She has brown dreadlocks and brown eyes. She was wearing black cargo pants, a white T-shirt and black sandals.

Her family is concerned about her safety and well-being, Gonzalez said.

Anyone who has seen Angel or knows her whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Kansas City Police Department’s missing persons unit at 816-234-5043.