Crime & Safety

Chicago Police: Missing 12-year-old Girl May Be in Chicago Heights

The girl's family believes she is staying with a man named Adrian Quintero.

Griselda Romero, 12, who was last seen at 11 p.m. in her Chicago home, may be staying with a man in Chicago Heights, according to police.

Romero and a man named Adrian Quintero were seen talking at a concert on July 4, according to police. Romero also used her mother’s cell phone to get in touch with Quintero, Chicago detective Paul Staudacher told the Southtown Star

Police are assuming Quintero has a home in Chicago Heights and that Romero is staying with him.

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Griselda is a Hispanic girl, 5-foot-3 and 200 pounds with long, light brown hair, police said. She is still missing as of 11 a.m. Friday. 

If you have any information contact Chicago detectives at (312)746-9259 or Chicago Heights police at (708)756-6422.

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