Crime & Safety

Missing Pennsylvania Teen Found in Leesburg

Virginia State Police located the 17-year-old girl in the home of a man she met online. She was found unharmed.

A 17-year-old girl was found in Leesburg late Thursday after she was reported missing from her Lower Alsace Township home in Reading, PA, last Saturday. 

According to an article on ReadingEagle.com, Elizabeth Ocasio, who is home-schooled, was last seen near Antietam Middle-Senior High School around noon last week. She was with a man she had met online who had picked her up in Pennsylvania and had taken her back to his residence in Virginia, about three hours away, according to the article. The suspect's name has not been released. 

To read more about cellphone records and other databases that led investigators to Leesburg, visit ReadingEagle.com

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As of Friday, Virginia State Police Trooper C. Cooper, who was a part of the investigation, was unable to comment. Leesburg Patch will provide an update as soon as one becomes available. 


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