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7-Year-Old Girls Who Walked Away From Sacramento School Found Safe

1:39 p.m. Update: The two girls have been found, Sacramento police say.

A police K9 team patrolling near 10th Avenue and West Curtis Park found the girls.

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The girls after they were found by a police K9 team. (Credit: Sacramento Police Department)

The girls have been given some safety tips and are being taken back to their parents.

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - Police are asking for help in finding two at-risk missing seven-year-olds who walked away from school Friday morning.

Sacramento police say Ella Warren and Janessa Pendarvis were last seen around 9 a.m. Their school is at the corner of 36th Avenue and 61st Street, near Stockton Boulevard and Fruitridge Road.

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Ella Warren and Janessa Pendarvis.

Ella was wearing a black and white, panda-style jacket with earmuffs and Janessa was wearing a green and yellow jacket with braided hair.

Police say the girls are best friends and apparently decided to just walk away together.

The two are considered at-risk due to their age.

Anyone who sees them or knows where they might be is asked to contact authorities immediately.

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