Federal and international authorities are joining the search for 12-year-old Maria Gomez-Perez, who was last seen around 10 a.m. May 29 at her home in Gainesville.
She is described as 5 feet, 3 inches tall, between 100 and 110 lbs, with long black hair and brown eyes.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said Gomez-Perez is likely in danger and may have left her home with an unknown person who she had previously communicated with.
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