LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is working to locate a 15-year-old girl who did not return home Thursday afternoon.

Kirsten Layton, 15, was last seen Thursday afternoon in the 200 block of S. Main Street, where she was getting a drink at a gas station, according to reports from Lakeport Police and family members.

Family reported that the teen called her mother on her cell phone at around 5 p.m. to say she was returning home but didn't show up.

About 10 minutes after that call, her mother tried calling her cell, with the message going straight to voicemail, family members told Lake County News.

Kirsten Layton is a white female, 5 feet 1 inch in height and 130 pounds, with blue eyes and long reddish brown hair.

She has a freckle over her eyebrow and was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt with the word “Cali” on it and Levi's jeans.

Anyone with information about Layton's whereabout is asked to call the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491.

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