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Concerns for welfare of girl, 13, missing from Hamilton

By 1News Reporters

12:22pm

Yukaeshia was last seen on Claude St at around 8.30pm on Thursday, and was reported missing the following morning. — Yukaeshia was last seen on Claude St at around 8.30pm on Thursday, and was reported missing the following morning. (Source: NZ Police)

Police are appealing for the public’s help locating a 13-year-old girl missing from the Hamilton suburb of Fairfield.

Yukaeshia was last seen on Claude St around 8.30pm on Thursday, and was reported missing the following morning.

In a statement, police said both officers and Yukaeshia’s family hold concerns for her welfare and are urging anyone who has seen her, or who has information that could help locate her, to get in touch.

Anyone with information was asked to call 111 immediately.

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