Crime & Safety
Found: Second Freehold Township Girl Located, Police Say
The girls traveled from Ocean County to New Brunswick, where one was found Thursday night, police said.
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ — A Freehold Township girl who had been missing since Wednesday was located in New Brunswick, police said Friday evening.
Kayla Destefano, 16, was found about 6 p.m. on Friday by New Brunswick police, Freehold Township police said.
Destefano had gone missing Wednesday night along with Jocelyn Zaveckas, 15, after they left a Jackson Township home. Zaveckas was found about 8 p.m. Thursday by the Rutgers University police department in New Brunswick, Freehold Township police said.
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The two girls left a home on Jackson Mills Road in Jackson on Wednesday about 8:50 p.m. and were walking south near Chandler Road, police said. They did not say where Zaveckas was found or how the girls made their way to New Brunswick.
Police did not release any further information.
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