From Cathy Locke:
A family of four reported missing from the Georgetown area has been located in Antioch.
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said one family member, Sarah Jean Smith, 28, telephoned officers about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after a friend saw on television that the family had been reported missing and at risk.
Smith said they were not missing and were staying with friends in Antioch, the sheriff's officials announced.
Earlier in the afternoon, Smith's mother, Judy Brown of Georgetown, said she was informed by a detective that Smith had been sighted Sunday in the Antioch area.
Brown said she last saw her daughter, 7-year-old grandson Joshua Todd Bargus, 15-month-old granddaughter Kylie Jean Just and Smith's boyfriend, Jason James McClellan, 40, on Oct. 20.
The family failed to return to Brown's home after picking up Joshua at Georgetown Elementary School. Brown reported them missing Friday.
The family made a similar abrupt departure from Brentwood about six weeks ago, following a dispute with the younger child's father, Brown said, but they came to Georgetown with clothing, children's toys and important documents.
Last week, they left all those items behind.
"They took absolutely nothing -- no underwear, no socks," Brown said, leading her to fear the worst.
Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Bryan Golmitz said there was no evidence of foul play, but the family was considered "at risk" because they disappeared with no notice and left without their belongings.
Golmitz said the California Highway Patrol made a flyover of the rugged Georgetown area Tuesday and the Sheriff's Department's Search and Rescue coordinator drove the area looking for possible evidence the family's car had gone off the road.
The FBI and several missing persons organizations also assisted in the search, he said.
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