Crime & Safety

Missing 14-Year-Old Girl From Elmont Found: Police

The girl had been reported missing Dec. 26 just before 1 p.m., police say.

ELMONT, NY. — Nassau County police said a 14-year-old girl from Elmont had been located Thursday night, ending a week-long search that began after she was last seen on Christmas day.

14-year-old Johari Escobar Chavez was reported missing Dec. 26, police said. Chavez had last been seen leaving her Elmont home on foot, police said, with an unknown destination.

As of Thursday night, however, the girl had been found, police said.

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