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Missing teen from Charlotte found

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A missing 13-year-old girl from Charlotte has been found, police said.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police searched for Zacariya Cureton, who was last seen Tuesday leaving her grandmother's house on Poolside Lane in northeast Charlotte.

Cureton was described as a black female of medium-dark complexion with braids.

Before being found, she was last seen wearing a red jacket, blue jeans and black and gray Air Jordan sneakers.

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