Police: Missing Collingswood girl, 12, located in Philly
Kayla Sparano was last seen Thursday by a friend at Collingswood High School and also seen at the Collingswood Patco station
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Police late Friday night said they had located a 12-year-old Collingswood girl who had been reported missing and may have been traveling with a 21-year-old Florida man.
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Collingswood police posted the news shortly after 11 p.m. on its Twitter account.
"Update Kayla Sparano has been located safe in Philadelphia. Special thanks to the Philadelphia Airport Police, the Philadelphia Police Department, Collingswood Police Department and the Camden County Prosecutors Office Special Victims Unit. Incident is still under investigation," the Collingswood police tweeted at 11:04 p.m.
Kayla Sparano was last seen Thursday by a friend at Collingswood High School. She also was seen around 2 p.m. Thursday at the Collingswood PATCO station. Police said she may have be accompanying Liam Heim, of Gulfport, Fla., who has been in contact with the juvenile.
There was no immediate word on Heim's whereabouts.
Anyone with helpful information can call the Collingswood Police Department at 856-854-1900 or Detective Latesha Jones of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office at 609-422-7219.
Information may also be emailed to ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.