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Girl, 16, returns home after going missing from Montclare

By Sun-Times Wire

screen_shot_2018_07_22_at_2_52_56_pm_e1532289350897.png — Annelise Ortega | Chicago Police

A 16-year-old girl returned home Wednesday after going missing for a week from the Montclare neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Annelise Ortega was last seen Aug. 18 near the intersection of New England and Grand, according to an alert from Chicago Police.

Police announced Wednesday that she went back home.

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