Barnegat Township police confirm Dessie Machugh, a 15-year-old female who went missing from her relative's home in Barnegat Township, N.J. over the Christmas holiday weekend, has been found safe.
Machugh had reportedly left a relative's Ocean County residence sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 26 and 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 27, Barnegat Police said. Her primary residence is in Robbinsville, N.J.