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FOUND: Girl, 17, reported missing from Near North Side

By Sun-Times Wire

screen_shot_2019_03_17_at_3.44.13_pm_e1552855494837.png — Meilun Wu | Chicago police

A 17-year-old girl who went missing last month from the Near North Side has been found.

Meilun Wu was last seen March 16 in the 600 block of North Clark, according to a community alert from Chicago police.

Police canceled the alert after Wu was located Tuesday. Further details were not provided.

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