Marshals: Missing girl, 14, found; man arrested

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CLEVELAND (WJW) — Local authorities have recovered a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing from Perry Township last week.

She was found late Monday at a Cleveland home, according to a Tuesday news release from U.S. Marshals. A 20-year-old man was also arrested in connection with the girl’s recovery.

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Perry Township police connected with the Marshals’ Missing Child Unit to help locate the child, who was last seen leaving a friend’s home on Saturday, April 20, according to the release.

Investigators ended up at a home in the 3000 block of West 60th Street, where the child was found, according to the release.

Charges are pending against the man, according to the release. The investigation is ongoing.

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“The ability to respond and recover these children quickly can make all the difference in bringing them home safely,” U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott is quoted in the release. “We are very proud of the work of our team and our police partners investigating this case.”

The Marshals’ missing children unit is now “full-time,” putting more staffing and resources toward locating missing children, Elliott told FOX 8 News earlier this month. In the past four years, more than 270 missing children have been recovered in Ohio’s Northern District — the most in the nation, he said.

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