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Police issue alert for missing and endangered 7-year-old Utah girl

Authorities are searching for two women they believe took her.

(Orem Police Department) Jocelyn Cortes

[Updated: Missing 7-year-old Utah girl is found Thursday]

Police have issued an alert for a 7-year-old Orem girl who is missing and considered endangered — and they’re looking for two women they believe took her.

Jocelyn Cortes was last seen at 5 p.m. on Monday at Classic Fun Center at 250 S. State St. with family members and has not been seen since, her mother told police. The child is 3-foot-6, weighs 40 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing black and pink leggings, glitter shoes, and a pink jacket with a leopard hood.

(Orem Police Department) Ivonne Cerda San Martin, left, and Paola Bayon.

She is believed to have been taken by her grandmother, Ivonne Cerda San Martin, and her aunt, Paola Bayon. San Martin is 5-foot-3, weighs 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Bayon is 5-foot-4, weighs 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

The women were driving a 2000 Ford Mustang with Utah license plates F26-0BY.

Anyone with information about the child or the two women is asked to call Orem police at 801-229-7070.