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Kern County Sheriff's Office says missing Bakersfield woman has been found

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UPDATE: The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has announced that Cherish Smith was found unharmed in Lamont.


The Kern County Sheriff’s Office searching for a missing woman named Cherish Smith last seen in June of 2017 in Bakersfield before she moved to Lamont.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office searching for a missing woman named Cherish Smith last seen in June of 2017 in Bakersfield before she moved to Lamont.

Officials said they do not know what Smith was last wearing.

Below is KCSO's full description of Smith:

DOB: 10/12/87 (age 31)
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 12O
Hair: brown
Eyes: hazel
Race: white
Tattoos: unknown flowers on face, on right upper arm “MCKENVIE”, on lower abdomen Hawaiian bouquet of flowers, and a butterfly on right leg above ankle.

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