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Missing 14-Year-Old Found In San Diego With A 24-Year-Old Guy From OkCupid
Leah Kritzer and the man she had last been seen with (Photos courtesy of the Manhattan Beach Police)
A 14-year-old Manhattan Beach girl who went missing Sunday was found Thursday evening in the company of a 24-year-old man she met on OKCupid.Yesterday a woman in San Diego called police to let them know that the missing teen Leah Kritzer was staying at her home. Police found Kritzer with a man who said that he picked Kritzer up in Manhattan Beach before driving back down to San Diego with her, according to City News Service. She told police that she hadn't been harmed.
The man she was with wasn't identified or arrested, according to the Los Angeles Times. However, shortly before she was found, authorities released a photo of Kritzer with an unidentified man (at right).
Kritzer went missing on Sunday when she went on a walk with a dog—and the dog turned up without her. Kritzer had gone missing in January, but police had tracked her cell phone and found her in a motel room. This time Kritzer left her phone behind. That's how her parents discover that her daughter had created an OKCupid profile posing as a 19-year-old.
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