Jessica Ridgeway, Missing from Westminster, Colorado, Oct. 5, 2012 | Photo courtesy of Audra Bennion, Missing Child Advocate

WESTMINSTER, Colo. – The following Amber Alert has issued out of Westminster, Colorado:

Missing from:  Westminster, Colo.

Missing Date: Oct. 5, 2012, 12 a.m. MST

Issued for:  Colorado Statewide

Contact:  Westminister Police Department – Telephone 303-658-4360

Last seen:  Mother saw child leaving for school walking to friend’s home. Jessica never arrived at her friends home or at the school.

Missing Child:  Jessica Ridgeway

Hair Color:  Blonde

Eye Color:  Blue

Skin Color:  White

Age: 10 years old

Height:  4 feet 10 inches

Weight: 80 pounds

Gender: Female

Description:  The child was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black puffy jacket with pink lining, purple eyeglasses, and black boots with pom-poms. The child has shoulder length hair.

The poster / image below is courtesy of Audra Bennion, Missing Child Advocate, St. George, Utah.