Police announced around 10 a.m. Thursday that Yarelli had been found unharmed. Her family has been notified, WSOC-TV reported.
Original report: Emergency crews were spread out across a North Carolina neighborhood early Thursday morning as they searched for a 13-year-old girl reported missing by her family.
Detectives were asking for the public's help in finding Yarelli Vasquez of Charlotte. Police told WSOC-TV that the girl left her house on Canterwood Drive, near North Tryon Street, around midnight.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the girl is believed to be in mental distress and her family is concerned for her safety.
WSOC-TV crews were out in the Hidden Valley neighborhood before dawn as CMPD officers along with about 20 members of the Charlotte Fire Department searched the area.
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