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Missing Girl, 17, Reunited With Her Montecito Heights Family

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Authorities said Saturday evening that a teen who went missing has been found.

The mentally- challenged 17-year-old girl disappeared in the Montecito Heights neighborhood Thursday.

Girl, 17, Goes Missing In Montecito Heights
Authorities are actively searching for Dexian Chen, a mentally challenged 17-year-old girl who disappeared in the Montecito Heights neighborhood Sept. 21, 2017. (Los Angeles Police Department)

Dexian Chen was last seen at 3 p.m. in the 2200 block of Parkside Street. She told her family she was going to her father's business – located in the 700 block of North Broadway in Chinatown – but never arrived.

Authorities said she was reunited with her family but details on when and how were sketchy, police said.

Dexian has the mental capacity of a 6-year-old girl, police said. She speaks limited English, her primary language is Cantonese.

 

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