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3 Teenage Girls Reported Missing In Leesburg: Police
The Leesburg Police Department is looking for three different teenagers who ran away from their homes on Dec. 2 or Dec. 3.
LEESBURG, VA — A trio of teenaged girls are missing in the Town of Leesburg, according to the Leesburg Police Department. The girls, who are considered runaways, each left their homes on Thursday or Friday last week.
Authorities did not say whether the girls' disappearances were related. Now, authorities are asking for the public's help finding the teens.
Ashlin Yamilet Paz has not been seen since she left her home in Leesburg at 7 p.m. on Thursday, police said. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a gray sweater and jeans.
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She is 16 years old and has brown eyes. Her brown hair is currently dyed yellow, police said. She is about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 170 pounds.
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Yelsi Mariana Mendez Chicas left her home around 2 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 3. She was wearing a tie dye shirt, gray pants, and black shoes when she was last seen.
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Mendez Chicas is 15 years old, the police department said. She has brown eyes and her brown hair is currently dyed yellow, blue, and green. She is about 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds.
Aaliyah Sage Santana, a 16-year-old girl from Leesburg, went missing on Friday evening, police said. When she left her home, she was wearing a white shirt with rainbow lettering and holes in the sleeves, black leggings, and white Crocs.
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Santana is about 5 feet tall and weighs approximately 127 pounds, the police department said. She has brown eyes and brown hair that is currently styled into black and blonde braids.
Anyone with more information about the missing girls can contact Officer Thompson at 703-777-1021 or by emailing cthompson@leesburgva.gov.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted to the Leesburg Crime Line at 703-443-8477.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children offers several resources for families of missing children. Their hotline can be reached at 1-800-843-5678.
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