MANILA (UPDATED) — A text message asking for help was Marifel Lofranco's last communication with her daughter Jherica Lofranco Auman, who went missing on March 22.

Marifel has appealed to the public to help her locate Jherica, as cops in Cebu look for clues on the teen's whereabouts.

“Manawagan unta ko kung kinsay nakakita sa akong anak, unta nga magpahibawo sila sa iyang nahimutangan, kay naguol na ko diri. Dili na gyud lalim nga wala na ko’y tarong kaon, tulog. Maluoy intawon mo,” Lofranco said.

(To those who may have seen my daughter, please let us know where she is because this is making me very sad. I haven’t eaten or slept properly since she went missing. Please have mercy.)

Posts about Jherica’s disappearance have gone viral on social media, particularly that of her mother’s, Marifel Lofranco.

The search came to an end on Wednesday after Jherica was found in a house near a beach in the northern town of Tabogon, some 82 kilometers away from her family's home in Consolacion.

She was found in the house together with a boy her age, but Marifel said that he is not her boyfriend.

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Lofranco told ABS-CBN News that her daughter ran away from home after an argument with her father.

"Wala man gud na siya naanad nga sultihan," she said.

(Jherica is not used to being scolded.)

Cebu provincial police chief Col. Engelbert Soriano said that they won't press charges against the boy who Jherica went out with, because they were both adults who mutually agreed to meet.

Police, however, will continue looking into what really happened behind Jherica's week-long disappearance.

Jherica is now back with her family in Consolacion.

Lofranco said that she is now keeping an eye on her daughter so that she doesn't run away again.

"Salamat gyud kaayo ninyo nga nitabang nga ipakatap ang balita sa akong anak mao nga nakabalik na gyud siya," Marifel said.

(I am thankful to all those who helped spread the word about my missing daughter. They are the reason why she's now back with us.)