UPDATE: Alayaja Sanders was found safe late Monday night.  

CENTRAL - Police officers are looking for a teenager who left her home and has not been seen since. 

According to the Central Police Department, 17-year-old Alayaja Sanders left her home in the Monhegan subdivision and started walking toward Blackwater Road. 

Police say Sanders was barefoot, wearing a Southern University hoodie and jogging pants. She is described as having a tattoo on her left hand that says "Lily" and her left foot says "Ashley."

Police say she has a small yellow dog with her. Anyone who sees Sanders should call the Central Police Department at (225) 367-1254.