HAYS -The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a 13-year-old runaway.

The sheriff’s department said on its Facebook page today that Peyton Nicole White had run away from DCF care on Aug. 19.

“Despite having some contact with acquaintances through a Facebook account since Aug. 23, she has refused to return to her home in Catharine, Kansas,” the department reported.

She is believed to be in the Ellis, Osborne or Sedgwick county areas and is not considered to be in danger at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office at (785) 625-1040.