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Missing 11-year-old Lawndale girl found

By Sun-Times Wire

An 11-year-old girl who was missing from the West Side Lawndale neighborhood since Thursday has been found.

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

She has since been located and returned to a parent, police said Saturday afternoon.

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