Police locate missing 15-year-old last seen in San Francisco

Joel Umanzor

A 15-year-old girl who was reported missing after being last seen in San Francisco has been found.

The South San Francisco Police Department 

 Amaya Castro-Birch was last known to be in the area of McLaren Park in southeast San Francisco.

She was found at an undisclosed location, officials announced just after 5:50 p.m. Wednesday on X.

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Amaya Castro-Birch, 15, was reported missing Tuesday evening after being last seen near McLaren Park, South San Francisco police said.

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Joel Umanzor was a reporter at The Standard until 2024. Prior to that, he was a Hearst Breaking News Fellow from 2021 to 2023, working at both the Houston Chronicle and the San Francisco Chronicle. Originally from Richmond, California, Joel graduated from San Francisco State University in 2021.

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Amaya Castro-Birch was reported missing Tuesday evening after being last seen near McLaren Park in southeast San Francisco, police said.

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Amaya Castro-Birch was found Wednesday evening.

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