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Missing 13-year-old girl has been found, Las Vegas police say

Alajah Zurita (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

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By Alexis Egeland / Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 27, 2020 - 7:15 pm

Updated May 27, 2020 - 8:15 pm

A 13-year-old girl who went missing from the northwest valley on Wednesday afternoon has been found, Las Vegas police said.

Police announced shortly after 8 p.m. that Alajah Zurita had been located.

Contact Alexis Egeland at aegeland@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexis_egeland on Twitter.

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