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By Alexis Ford / Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 25, 2022 - 2:43 pm

Las Vegas have located a teenager who had been missing for almost a week.

Samantha Ursem, 15, was reportedly last seen near the 2300 block of N. Tenaya Way around 7 a.m. Wednesday. Police described her as a 4-foot-11-inch Hispanic girl with brown hair and brown eyes, last seen wearing a black t-shirt, gray jogger pants, a faded pink zip-up hoodie and a small black backpack.

Police said she had been located by 5 p.m. on Tuesday evening.

Contact Alexis Ford at aford@reviewjournal.com or follow @alexisdford on Twitter.

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