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Missing 13-year-old south Charlotte girl found safe, unharmed

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After disappearing for three days, a 13-year-old south Charlotte girl has been found safe and unharmed.

Kiley Hegger was reunited with her parents around 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

Police are not saying where she was before officers found her in her neighborhood.

Hegger went missing from her home on Nantucket Lane, just off Pineville-Matthews Road, around 11:15 p.m. Monday.

There is now new effort in the state capitol to protect missing children.

The House passed a bill Thursday that would make it a felony for parents to wait more than 24 hours to file a police report about a missing child.

The bill is called "Caylee's Law," named after Florida toddler Caylee Anthony.

Caylee was reported missing a month after she disappeared.

The Senate will now vote on the bill.

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