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9-year-old NSW girl Natalya Franklin has been found.

Natalya has been found.

Update:

Nine-year-old Natalya Franklin has been found alive in NSW bushland about 400m from her home.

Around 60 or 70 people were looking for Natalya when they stumbled across her, 7 News reports.

She had fallen down a small ravine.

Natalya has been reunited with her family.

Natalya Franklin has been found. Image: Twitter.

More to come.

Mamamia previously reported…

Police are desperately searching for a nine-year-old girl missing from her family property near Coffs Harbour.

Natalya Franklin has spent a night in the cold, and was last seen yesterday morning.

Natalya reportedly was last seen speaking to her siblings around 10.30am Thursday May 7, at her rural home on Northbank Road, Raleigh, about 24km south of Coffs Harbour.

Natalya Franklin
Nine-year-old Natalya Franklin. Image: NSW Police.
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According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Natalya’s parents went to check on their daughter at 12.30pm, and found she was not in her room and the window was open. They immediately called police and officers searched the home and surrounding property.

Superintendent Mark Holahan said Natalya and her sisters were home-schooled, and her disappearance was out-of-character, and they are concerned for Natalya’s welfare.

She is described as being of Caucasian appearance, with a fair complexion, long light-brown hair, about 145cm tall and of thin build. Natalya was last seen wearing bright pink shorts, a peach-coloured t-shirt, no shoes.

Police are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.

Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/.