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Missing Girl Was Last Seen In Her Leesburg Home: Police

The Leesburg Police Department is asking for the public's help locating a 12-year-old girl who was last seen at her home on Monday morning.

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Odalys Benitez Hernandez was last seen on Monday morning at her home in Leesburg. She is 12 years old with black hair and brown eyes. Authorities said she is about five feet two inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds.
Odalys Benitez Hernandez was last seen on Monday morning at her home in Leesburg. She is 12 years old with black hair and brown eyes. Authorities said she is about five feet two inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds. (Photo courtesy of the Leesburg Police Department.)

LEESBURG, VA — The Leesburg Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a 12-year-old girl who ran away from home. The girl, Odalys Benitez Hernandez, was last seen at her home on Monday, May 24.

Authorities said that nobody has seen Hernandez since Monday morning. She is described as a 12-year-old girl who is about five feet two inches tall.

Police estimated that she weighs approximately 150 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes, according to the release from the Leesburg Police Department.

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Anyone with information about her whereabouts is encouraged to contact Detective Graham. Detective Graham can be reached at 703-771-4500 or by emailing jgraham@leesburgva.gov.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously to the Leesburg Crime Line at 703-443-8477. Tips can be sent over text by sending "LPDTIP" and a message to 274637.

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