Crime & Safety

Missing Boyle Heights Girl, 13, Found

The girl, who was missing since Tuesday, showed up to her school Wednesday, according to a broadcast report.

LOS ANGELES, CA — A 13-year-old girl who went missing in Boyle Heights, concerning family members who described her as depressed, was found Wednesday and is OK, police said.

Evelyn Morales hadn't been seen around 8 a.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of North Chicago Street, and the Los Angeles Police Department had sought public help to find her.

Wednesday, police reported that she had been found and was OK. According to ABC7, the teen showed up at her school Wednesday morning.

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City News Service, photo courtesy of the LAPD

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