Too sad - Girl believed to be 6 years old found in Southeast DC

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https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/6-year-old-nonverbal-girl-found-on-southern-avenue-se/4123708/

A little girl who is believed to be 6 years old, who may be nonverbal, was found on Southern Avenue SE early Tuesday. She's in the care of authorities.

The child was found in the 1300 block of Southern Avenue SE, on the Maryland line, at 1:45 a.m., police said. Authorities don't know her name and listed her as a "Jane Doe."
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No words

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1. I hope her family is found soon.

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2. Hope they weren't ICED n/t

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3. That's where my expectations go to first these days as well

I'm thinking less, "I wonder who took them... and why?" and more "I wonder what country ICE sent their parents to" as my first, instinctual reponse to incidents like this.

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5. Could be anywhere including our island

Scary that we think of that first

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11. Oh wow I hadn't even thought of that.

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4. 1:45 am?! Thank goodness the police found her before someone

Worse did. I hope family and friends come to get her.

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7. For real

Too sad

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8. Did you see the poster? Sweet faced little one.

DC has good support services and will take care of her.

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9. Yep

Poor little girl - heartbreaking

[LeftInTX]

6. We had a case like that in Texas a few years ago. The boy was a teenager. Non-verbal.

His mother had dumped him and was hoping someone else would take him and she was also keeping his checks.

Hopefully, this girl wandered off.

Since she is non-verbal, I don't get the impression that ICE took the parents and somehow left the child. Yes, it's possible, but not likely.


She does have a disability.

We had a reverse case in Texas, where we had a disabled teen who taken into ICE because he didn't know his background.
https://www.kptv.com/2025/10/13/teen-with-autism-who-was-missing-days-found-federal-custody/

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10. Sick and evil family also abound

Who does that to a child