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UPDATE Marble Hill: Missing Girl Aged 12 Last Seen in Brooklyn, Home and “in Good Health”

 

POLICE SAID DAYANA Vazquez, 12, of Adrian Avenue in the Marble Hill section of The Bronx who was last seen on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at around 7.47 a.m., leaving Prospect Park station and walking toward M.S. 442 Carroll Garden School for Innovation, located at 500 19th Street, Brooklyn, has been found and is safe. 
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The NYPD said a 12-year-old girl from Marble Hill who was reported missing on Tuesday, Jan. 31, has returned home and is “in good health.”

 

It was reported to police that, prior to returning home, Dayana Vazquez of Adrian Avenue in the Marble Hill section of The Bronx was last seen on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at around 7.47 a.m., leaving Prospect Park station in Brooklyn. She was walking toward M.S. 442 Carroll Garden School for Innovation, located at 500 19th Street.

 

She was described as female, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, Hispanic, weighing around 140 pounds, with a light complexion, a medium build, long, black hair and brown eyes. Prior to returning home, she was last seen wearing a brown, button-down sweater, tan dress pants and white Nike sneakers.

 

 

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