Nine-year-old girl found safe in Porterville after being reported missing in Tulare Co.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tulare County Sheriff's Detectives are thanking the community for their help in finding nine-year-old Abigal Alvarado.

Detectives said Alvarado was initially last seen between 5 and 6 a.m. Monday morning at her house near Ave. 96 and Road 242 in Terra Bella.

They say she was found safe near Porterville and is being reunited with her family in Terra Bella.