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Santa Maria Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teen

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Santa Maria police are asking the public to help locate 13-year-old Jaday Mejia Morales, who was reported missing Sunday evening. She was last seen around 5 p.m. near 1800 Canopy Drive and is described as 4 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 110 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Anyone with information is urged to call the Santa Maria Police Department at 805-928-3781; call 911 if she is found and appears to be in immediate danger.

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A missing 15-year-old from Burke County, North Carolina, was found near Mount Jackson, Virginia, the day after she was reported missing and has been reunited with her family. Two men were charged in connection with the case—one with felony kidnapping and the other with accessory after the fact—and are awaiting extradition; the investigation is ongoing.

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