Dallas girls reported missing early Wednesday morning found safe, police say

The Dallas Police Department says a teenager and a young girl who went missing early Wednesday have now been safely located and are being reunited with loved ones.

Police said earlier in the morning they were looking for a 13-year-old and a 5-year-old girl. Both were found before noon.

During a news briefing, Dallas Police gave more details about how the case unfolded. The department said the girls left from home on foot around 5 a.m. near Belleview Street, but may have gotten transportation to the Mountain View neighborhood, roughly 10 miles away.

The department said a Good Samaritan spotted the 5-year-old girl at some point and brought her back to the Belleview Street area. Dallas Police said patrol officers in the Mountain View area spotted the 13-year-old girl and got her to safety. Both girls were treated by Dallas-Fire Rescue and transported to the Dallas Advocacy Center to be interviewed and reunited with family.

Dallas Police said the department tapped into a variety of technological tools to find the girls, but credited a human factor in finding the younger of the two. Dallas Police encouraged neighbors to say something and reach out to officers if something seems off.

An investigation into how the girls got to the Mountain View area remains ongoing.