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UPDATE: Missing Avenel Girl, Found in Rahway, Was a Runaway

Marhama Saidhatimi, 13, has been found safe after running away from home, police said.

 


The 13-year-old girl who was missing early yesterday morning was found last night in Rahway. Marhama Saidhatimi of the Avenel section of Woodbridge turned up in the city about a mile from her home, said Sgt. Vincent Fazio of the Woodbridge Police Department.

The girl wasn't abducted; she had run away from home, Fazio said.

Saidhatimi was last seen at 4 am on Monday, October 15. Her family woke up later that morning and discovered she was gone.

The girl rang the doorbell of a home on Martin Street in Rahway, the city's police department told mycentraljersey, and appeared to be lost. That was about 10:35 pm Monday night, Fazio said.

Woodbridge police came to pick up the girl and transported her to Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Fazio did not know if the girl was admitted, but her family accompanied her to the hospital.

Saidhatimi was described as being 5 ft. 4 in. tall, weighing 105 lbs, and is of Indian descent. When she was last seen, she was wearing green pants and a black hijab (scarf over her head) over her braided hair. 

The case is still under investigation, Fazio said. 

Agencies that had cooperated in helping find the missing girl include: the NJ State Police, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, the Middlesex County Sheriff's Department, and the Union County Canine Unit. 

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Related Topics: Marhama Saidhatimi, Police, Runaway, Vincent Fazio, missing child, and woodbridge police

Bernardino Ramazzina

9:20 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012

Most likely trying to escape from an arranged marriage.

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Roxanne Schifano DeVito

9:25 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012

What area of Woodbridge? Is she from Woodbridge proper?

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gam

11:12 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012

She is from the Avenel section

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cheryl witkowski

2:54 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012

SHE WAS FOUND. Colonia corner posted notice to me on FB at 11:30 p.m. last night that she was found and is save and no further details at this time.

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commonman

2:54 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012

she should have run all the way back to india

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cheerforever!<3

3:28 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Do not talk bad about her and her culture...she might have had a lot of stress at home and in school and decided the only thing she could do was run away. At least she is back home with her family.

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Jack

3:28 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

She tall for 13 too So I would have never thought she was 13 ok.

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dee

3:28 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

At the end of the day she is still a child despite her race..glad shes safe.

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I have spoken

5:13 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Shame on this brat for doing this to her parents. She's lucky shes not my kid!!!

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NJarhead

3:27 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Who are you asking to "stop?"

Karen Mangione

3:43 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

i believe in free speech. it would be great if these posts were relevant to the topic and not slamming anyone's culture, race, ethnicity, etc.

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