Police find girl, 13, who went missing from children’s home

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families said Tuesday that a 13-year-old girl who was reported missing from a children’s home earlier this month has been found.

Damaris Teixeira, a spokesperson for DCYF, told ABC 6 News that Bella Whitbeck was located Tuesday morning and is “currently safe.” It wasn’t immediately known where she was found.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Whitbeck went missing on Aug. 13.

Monday, North Providence police told ABC 6 that the 13-year-old went missing from St. Mary’s Home for Children.