The Fayetteville

Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating a 15-year-old

girl who ran away from her home over four months ago.

Tara Stockton,

a student at Fayette County High School, was last seen by her family March

2 at the Cobblestone Apartments where the family lives off Ga. Highway

54 East, police said.

Detectives

have questioned Stockton's friends all over the metro Atlanta area and

conducted undercover surveillance with no results, said Lt. Beverly Trainor

of the Fayetteville Police Department.

"Her stepmother

is very concerned about her and wants her to come home," Trainor

said, explaining that Stockton's stepmother has full custody of the girl.

Some of Stockton's

friends used to call police every so often and report that they had just

seen her and she was okay but didn't want to come home, Trainor said.

But those calls stopped about a month ago, Trainor said.

Stockton's

name also has been listed on the registry for the National Center for

Missing and Exploited Children in an effort to locate her, Trainor said.

She is described as a white female being 5'8", 160 pounds with long

brown hair and blue eyes.

Although detectives

are usually able to locate runaway children "rather quickly,"

police are starting to become concerned with this case, Trainor added.

"We want

to find out where she is and get her home safely," Trainor said.

There are no

allegations of abuse connected with the case and Stockton is not wanted

for any criminal investigation, Trainor confirmed.

Anyone with

information on Stockton's whereabouts is asked to call Det. Debbie Chambers

at 770-461-4441.