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Norfolk police looking for missing 9-year-old who didn’t come home from school

Shaniyah Carter did not come home after school Monday, police said. (Norfolk police)
Shaniyah Carter did not come home after school Monday, police said. (Norfolk police)

UPDATE: Shaniyah Carter was found safe at a friend’s house.

NORFOLK — Police are asking for the public’s assistance with locating a nine-year-old girl who didn’t come home from school Monday.

Shaniyah Carter was last seen at Coleman Place Elementary School around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Carter left the school on foot rather than getting on her bus, police said.

Carter was last seen wearing a tan jacket, burgundy shirt and carrying a blue and black camouflage backpack.

If you have any information, call police dispatchers at 757-441-5610 or the Norfolk Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

 

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