NYPD: Missing girl found with mom after dad leaves her with friend to commit crime

Thursday, August 29, 2019
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police say a missing 2-year-old girl has been found with her mother in Yonkers.

Officials were searching for the child after police say her father left her with a friend to commit a crime.
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The incident was reported Thursday afternoon in Washington Heights.
Officials say the father has full custody of the girl and left her with his friend before he committed a burglary.

Police say he didn't know how to get in touch with the person he left his daughter with.
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The father is under arrest. He also lives in Yonkers, but the child was found at the mother's house.

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