Missing Perth East youth found following regional police search

11-year-old located with assistance of Toronto, Stratford authorities

PERTH EAST – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), with the assistance of the Toronto Police Service and Stratford Police Service, has located an 11-year-old youth who had been missing from the Township of Perth East since Oct. 16.

The Perth County OPP would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance.

The investigation is ongoing and no further details can be released at this time. Police had originally reported that the female youth was last seen around 11 p.m. at an address on Perth Line 33, near Shakespeare, in the Township of Perth East. She left the residence sometime during the night.