Editor’s note: Police said Monday afternoon that the missing girl had been found safe in Los Angeles and reunited with her family.
Long Beach police are looking for a young girl discovered missing from her North Long Beach home early Monday morning, according to a police department news release.
Family of 11-year-old Cura Washington noticed around 1:30 a.m. that she was absent from their home in the 6100 block of Orange Avenue, the release said. She is described as 5 feet tall, about 100 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a burgundy sweatsuit.
Wtinesses told police someone was seen removing a screen from the girl’s window before her disappearance; an image police provided of the suspect appears to show a young man wearing a puffy down jacket.
Police ask anyone with information to call police dispatch at 562-435-6711.