DENHAM SPRINGS — The Louisiana State Police issued a missing child advisory for a 13-year-old girl from Livingston Parish.

Maria Cox was last seen on Friday at 4 p.m. at her home on Leach Lane in Denham Springs.

Cox is a white female with brown curly hair and red highlights. She is about five feet one inch tall, weighing about 120 pounds, and was last seen wearing a black hoodie and black and white Nike shoes with a black book bag and a maroon purse. 

It is currently unknown how she is travelling. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office at 225-686-2241.