Missing Sammamish teen returns home safe

Alana DePorter, 15, returned home after running away in mid-October, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.

The Sammamish teen reported missing in October returned home Sunday evening, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office Monday.

County officials began looking for Alana DePorter, 15, who ran away from her Sammamish home, Oct. 14.

“She’s home and she’s safe,” county spokeswoman Sgt. Cindi West said.

DePorter called her father Sunday evening and he picked her up from where she was staying, West said.

Because DePorter is a juvenile, West could not release more information on DePorter’s whereabouts, just that there was “no indication she was in danger.”

In mid-November, DePorter had contacted her father to tell him “she was safe but didn’t want to come home,” West said.

DePorter had left a note when she left her home in mid-October, West said.