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11-year-old girl reported missing from Lawndale

By Sun-Times Wire

Laronda Phillips | Chicago Police

Police are looking for an 11-year-old girl who has been missing from the West Side Lawndale neighborhood since Thursday.

Laronda Phillips was last seen at a relative’s house near 21st Place and Pulaski, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.

Laronda is described as a 4-foot-7, 120-pound black girl with brown eyes, black hair and medium complexion, police said. She has been known to frequent the areas near Lockwood and Madison, as well as Roosevelt and Pulaski.

Anyone with information should call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.

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