Mother located after a missing girl was found alone in Lauderdale Lakes

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A young girl in Lauderdale Lakes was reunited with her grandmother and mother Friday evening after she was discovered wandering an apartment complex in Lauderdale Lakes earlier in the day.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office had been searching for the parents or guardian of the girl after she had been spotted in the Somerset apartments just before 10 a.m. in Lauderdale Lakes.

Around 6 p.m., the Broward Sheriff’s Office came in contact with the girl’s mother.

She was taken to BSO headquarters as they spent the afternoon searching for her parents’ or guardian’s whereabouts.

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