Police search for Raleigh nine-year-old Natalya Franklin

UPDATED: POLICE have found the nine-year-old girl who vanished from her Coffs Harbour home yesterday.

The moment police find missing 9 year old Natalya Franklin near her Raleigh home. MUST CREDIT Chris O'Keefe/Channel 9

THE frantic search for a missing nine-year-old girl is over after Natalya Franklin was found in bushland late this morning.

There had been fears for her safety ever since Natalya left her rural Coffs Harbour yesterday morning after a fight with her sisters.

She was wearing only a T-shirt and shorts and was without shoes when she disappeared. It’s believed she spent the night in the bush where the temperature dropped to just 8 degrees Celsius overnight.

Search teams at the home of Nine-year-old Natalya Franklin who was found alive. Natalya spent alone the night in the bush near her rural home on Northbank Road, Raleigh on the NSW mid north coast. Pic Nathan Edwards

Natalya was treated by paramedics for minor injuries after a suspected fall, police said.

Water police and the dog squad were called in to help police and SES volunteers in the search for the young girl.

Before she was found, her worried family said the behaviour was out of character for Natalya.

Originally published as Police search for Raleigh nine-year-old Natalya Franklin