Missing Massachusetts teen Nya Brown found safe, reunited with family
By Kelly Hayes
BOSTON - A Massachusetts teenager who had been missing for nearly two weeks was found safe and reunited with her family, authorities said.
The FBI had joined to assist in the search for 15-year-old Nya Brown, of Belmont, a suburb of Boston. She had been reported missing since Jan. 17 after leaving her phone and debit card behind.
During the search, a spokesperson for the FBI Boston Division confirmed the agency’s Child Exploitation-Human Trafficking Task Force was helping the local Belmont Police Department with the case.
The police department later confirmed Brown had been located and reunited with her parents.
Massachusetts teen missing for more than a week reunited with her family Share Updated: 1:02 PM PST Jan 28, 2021 WCVB Share Updated: 1:02 PM PST Jan 28, 2021 WCVB A teenage girl who went missing from Massachusetts over a week ago has been found safe.The teen was last seen on Jan. 17 when she left her Belmont home. She left behind her phone and debit card, as well as notes for her parents.The teen was found in Dedham, a source tells sister station WCVB.The Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved in the search.One note was titled How to run away untraceable, and was not in her handwriting. The second was a six-page goodbye letter that was in her handwriting. Both notes are in the possession of Belmont police.The teen recently moved to Massachusetts from Illinois and had previously run away, according to her family.
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Nya Brown, 15, is depicted in the images provided by Belmont Police Department. She was last seen January 17, 2021 at her father’s home in Belmont, Massachusetts, authorities said.
BOSTON – The FBI has joined the search for Nya Brown, a missing Massachusetts teenager who was last seen nearly two weeks ago, leaving her phone and debit card.
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Authorities said 15-year-old Brown from Belmont, a suburb of Boston, was last seen on January 17 at 6 p.m. A spokesperson for the FBI Boston Division confirmed that the agency’s Child Exploitation-Human Trafficking Task Force is assisting the local Belmont. Police looking for Brown.
Missing Belmont teen found after search involving police, FBI
By Travis Andersen and Charlie McKenna Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated January 28, 2021, 3:36 p.m.
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Belmont police confirmed in a brief statement Thursday that 15-year-old Nya Brown had been found.
The statement said she âhas been located and is reunited with her family. The Belmont Police would like to thank the numerous law enforcement agencies and individuals who helped to locate Nya. There will be no further comments from the Belmont Police on this incident.â
Kristen Setera, a spokeswoman for the FBI Boston field office, which had assisted in the search, released a separate statement Thursday afternoon.