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3 missing children found safe, Orlando police say

Few details released in recover of small children

Summer Mercelin, 6 (left); Jacqueline Leonard (middle); 9-month-old Justyce Leonard (right) (Orlando Police Department)

ORLANDO, Fla.UPDATE: Three missing children, ages 9 months, 2 years and 6 years old, have been found safe, Orlando police said Tuesday.

In a post on X, police said, “All 3 children have been located in good health.”

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No other details have been released.

ORIGINAL STORY: Three young children were reported missing after last being seen in Orlando earlier this month, according to the police department.

In a release on Monday, police said the three children — 6-year-old Summer Mercelin, 2-year-old Jacqueline Leonard and 9-month-old Justyce Leonard — were last seen in Orlando on March 18, though they were reported missing on March 21.

The three girls might be with their mother, Alexius Baker, the release shows. Their last possible location could have been in North Carolina.

According to police, they are traveling in a silver 2018 Honda Civic with a Texas license plate reading “RFP9721.”

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Anyone with information about their whereabouts is urged to call 911.

No additional information has been provided at this time, including the circumstances behind the children’s disappearance.


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