Dessie Machugh, 15, is from Barnegat Township, Ocean County, but has been living in Robbinsville, Mercer County.
ROBBINSVILLE -- Police in Barnegat Township are searching for 15-year-old Dessie Machugh, who has been living temporarily in Robbinsville, police said.
Dessie Machugh Barnegat police say Machugh left her Barnegat residence sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 26 and 8:30 a.m. Sunday Dec. 27.
Machugh is temporarily living in Robbinsville and was visiting her family in Barnegat for the holidays when she disappeared, police said.
Her destination is unknown, police said.
The teen might be wearing a low-cut black shirt, a pink or purple skirt and black knee-high boots, police said.
Anyone with information about Machugh's whereabouts is asked to call Barnegat police at 609-698-5000.
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