By Khalida Sarwari
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 15-year-old girl who disappeared last week.
The family of Sierra Rose Mercer reported her missing on Saturday, saying that she was last seen Thursday at her home in Ben Lomond, in unincorporated Santa Cruz County, Sgt. Greg Landsdowne said.
Mercer is 5 feet 3 inches tall and has reddish-brown hair below her shoulders and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with red lettering, blue jeans, black tennis shoes and a dark blue backpack.
Anyone with information about Mercer’s whereabouts is asked to call sheriff’s dispatch at (831) 471-1121.