Search underway for missing non-verbal 7-year-old near Burns Lake

RCMP are searching for a non-verbal seven-year-old who went missing from her home near Burns Lake, B.C., Thursday night.

Police say the child was last seen outside her home at 6:00 p.m. PT on Sept. 19 wearing a red and blue plaid dress, leggings and pink socks, in the community of Southbank just south of François Lake, about 25 kilometres south of Burns Lake and 200 kilometres west of Prince George.

Family has advised that she is on the autism spectrum and non-verbal.

RCMP, search and rescue and family members are involved in the search.

Anyone with information is asked to call police or Crime Stoppers.

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