Arkansas 12-year-old, 9-year-old found safe after reported missing Friday

Vivian Head, 12, and Brady Merworth, 9, of Gentry.
Vivian Head, 12, and Brady Merworth, 9, of Gentry.

10:15 A.M. UPDATE:

In another Facebook post, the Benton County sheriff's office said Vivian Head and Brady Merworth were found safe in Mountain Home Saturday morning.

The office thanked its deputies and detectives, as well as other law enforcement agencies, for their work throughout the night. Head, 12, and Merworth, 9, had left their Gentry home sometime either Thursday night or Friday morning in their grandmother's car.

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Two Gentry children are missing after they drove away from home in their grandmother's car, authorities say.

In a Facebook post, the Benton County sheriff's office said Vivian Head, 12, and Brady Merworth, 9, left their home either Friday morning or overnight Thursday. The post said they left in a white 2002 Acura RL with the Arkansas license plate number 082 PLM.

The children also took their grandmother's purse and haven't been seen or heard from Friday.

Anyone with any information on their whereabouts should call the Benton County sheriff's office at (479) 271-1009 or (479) 273-5532.

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The 2002 Acura RL, belonging to Vivian Head and Brady Merworth's grandmother.

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