Authorities are searching for a 12-year-old girl they say left her house late Tuesday night in Opelika.

Lorena Esavel Chavez-Lopes left her home in the 3000 Block Arnold Avenue around 10:54 p.m. Tuesday, police said Wednesday.

Lorena may have been headed in the direction of Dale Avenue.

She did not show up to school the next morning.

Lorena was described as 5-feet tall with black hair and brown eyes. She has a beauty mark on her right cheek near her mouth.

Anyone with information on Lorena’s whereabouts was asked to call Opelika police’s detective division at 334-705-5220 or Secret Witness at 334-745-8665.

Tips may also be sent through the department’s mobile app or through Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP(7867) or toll-free at 1-833-AL1-STOP. Tipsters may remain anonymous.