Philadelphia

Police Search for Teen Father After He Swipes 3-Year-Old Daughter From Home

UPDATE: Police found the girl and her father safe.


Philadelphia Police are asking for the public's help in locating a 3-year-old girl and her 17-year-old father.

Police said the 17-year-old grabbed his 3-year-old daughter from the front of her home along the 200 block of West Lindley Avenue in Philadelphia on Wednesday around 4 p.m. and took off running.

The teen does not have custody of his daughter and is a known drug user, said police.

The teen's mother, who has legal custody of both the 17-year-old and his daughter, has been unable to reach her son.

Anyone with information on the whereabout of Martinez or his daughter are asked to call Northeast Detectives at 215-686-3353.

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