CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A missing 14-year-old girl who disappeared while babysitting her younger brother and sister in Brooklyn last week was found Thursday in Harlem, according to a police source who spoke to PIX11 News.
“She was staying in an apartment. Someone called the police,” the source said.
Harlem 24th Precinct Police Officers responded and took the teenager to a local hospital for medical evaluation. Detectives from the 77th Precinct in Brooklyn, the area where the teenager lives, were going to the hospital to interview her, according to the source. PIX11 News is no longer identifying the teenager because he is a minor.
City Councilwoman Crystal Hudson, who represents the central Brooklyn district where the girl lives with her family, tweeted that the teenager had been located.
“THANK YOU to everyone who helped spread the word,” Hudson tweeted. “It was through our collective outreach and media coverage that we were able to attract enough attention for it to be recognized.”
Hudson ended the tweet with bold capital letters: “THANK YOU NEW YORK.”
The case captured national attention as the teenager’s mother tearfully pleaded for her return as she grabbed the girl’s favorite doll and sketchbook.
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The mother, Raquel, said she was at work on July 27 when her young children called to say the older girl was missing from the house. The mother told PIX11 News that there had been an incident with her daughter’s computer two days before the girl went missing.
“When I walked into the room, it was late and I said, ‘Give me the computer,'” Raquel recalled when she spoke to PIX11 News earlier this week.
Detectives initially suspected the teenager might have run away, but Hudson warned the circumstances of her disappearance should not matter.
“We have to be aware of the fact that he could be in danger,” Hudson told PIX11 News on Wednesday.
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