WOODBRIDGE — Police this afternoon asked for the public's help in finding a missing 13-year-old girl who was last seen at 4 a.m. in the apartment she shares with her parents in the Colonial Gardens Complex off Village Drive.

Woodbridge police Sgt. Daniel Perovic said the family woke up at 7:37 this morning and Marhama Saidhatimi was not in her bed.

"They said she has never done anything like this before," Perovic said. "We have been searching ever since."

Saidhatimi is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 105 pounds. She was wearing green pants and a black hijab (scarf over head) and has braided hair, police said in an alert to the media.

They ask anyone who comes in contact with her to contact Detective Gallop at (732) 602-7372 or Detective Sgt. Fazio at (732) 602-7319.

Star-Ledger staff writer Sue Epstein contributed to this report.