Missing Girl Found After Intense Search
MBTA Police Say Winchester Girl Is Safe
POSTED: 6:13 pm EDT March 12, 2009
UPDATED: 6:08 am EDT March 13, 2009
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BOSTON -- A 13-year-old Winchester girl whose disappearance sparked a massive search Thursday was found shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday, MBTA Police reported.
VideoLuxshmi Kumar was taken to the MBTA police headquarters in Boston and reunited with her father there.Police began investigating Thursday afternoon when Kumar's parents reported their daughter missing after getting out of school early.A stranger walking a dog found the girl's cell phone in Arlington triggering a police search, with posters of the girl posted around the town and bulletins sent to other departments.Thirteen hours later she was found by MBTA police at Boston's South Bay station."She's OK. We want to take her home," her father Ratna Kumar said."She is OK. She's fine. She's back home with her folks now and it is a happy ending," Winchester police Det. Lt. James Pierce.Police said the girl had seen on television that it was easy to track people using cell phones and GPS, so she intentionally ditched her cell phone to throw searchers off her trail.
VideoLuxshmi Kumar was taken to the MBTA police headquarters in Boston and reunited with her father there.Police began investigating Thursday afternoon when Kumar's parents reported their daughter missing after getting out of school early.A stranger walking a dog found the girl's cell phone in Arlington triggering a police search, with posters of the girl posted around the town and bulletins sent to other departments.Thirteen hours later she was found by MBTA police at Boston's South Bay station."She's OK. We want to take her home," her father Ratna Kumar said."She is OK. She's fine. She's back home with her folks now and it is a happy ending," Winchester police Det. Lt. James Pierce.Police said the girl had seen on television that it was easy to track people using cell phones and GPS, so she intentionally ditched her cell phone to throw searchers off her trail.Copyright 2009 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
