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New Orleans 10-year-old girl reported missing after Pelicans game found safe

The NOPD's public information office said it was not told that the girl had returned home before it sent out a missing child alert two days later.
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NEW ORLEANS — UPDATE: The New Orleans Police Department says the 10-year-old girl reported missing after the Pelicans game on Saturday reunited with her parents later that night.

The NOPD's public information office said it was not told that the girl had returned home before it sent out a missing child alert on Monday.

The original story is below with edits to remove the girl's name and description.

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A 10-year-old girl was reported missing to New Orleans Police Department. She was last seen by the person who reported her missing on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.

According to police, the reporting person said she left for a Pelicans game with a classmate and the classmate's grandmother.

At 7:41 p.m. the reporting person received a video showing the girl was at the game. The person who reported her missing did not see what kind of car she left in, and they also do not have contact information for her classmate or the grandmother.

Anyone with additional information on her whereabouts is asked to contact NOPD Seventh District detectives at 504-658-6070.

Anyone willing to share information that can help police in the investigation can call CrimeStoppers at 504.822.1111 or toll-free 1.877.903.7867

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