CHARLOTTE — A 2-year-old girl reported missing in east Charlotte was found and reunited with her family while Channel 9 was live at the scene.
Inez Fontaine was reported missing by her family Thursday night. She was last seen at 9:30 p.m.
Police searched early Friday morning to find her. She was found around 7:30 a.m. Friday and is back with her family.
She was wearing the same clothes as when she was last previously seen, a pink jumpsuit with a hoodie and white shirt.
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Police searched near the 8300 block of Pence Rd in the Pleasantview Apartment complex for hours Friday morning.
Channel 9′s photographer at the scene saw police on dirt bikes and on foot searching the woods near the apartments.
According to the family, the little girl stayed with a neighbor who thought her dad would come to pick her up. The neighbor didn’t know dozens of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics spent hours looking for the toddler.
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