Elmont girl, 13, found safe after 2nd disappearance, cops say
Dahiana Vasquez, 13, was found Sunday, April 24, 2016, after her second disappearance this month. Police did not say where she had been going. Credit: NCPD
For the second time this month, a 13-year-old girl from Elmont who went missing has been found, police said Sunday.
Dahiana Vasquez was reported missing after she was last seen leaving her home at 10:19 p.m. on April 12, police said. She was found Wednesday, but then went missing the next day.
She was located Sunday after being missing since leaving her home about 4 p.m. Thursday, police said.
No details were released about where she had been.
Nicole Fuller is Newsday's senior criminal justice reporter. She began working at Newsday in 2012 and previously covered local government.
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