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Mom and baby missing for three days have been found safe, Washington cops say

A mother took her 11-month-old child from their Vancouver, Washington, home on Nov. 20, 2021, and hasn’t been seen since, Vancouver police said. Felicia Florendo left without her phone and purse.
A mother took her 11-month-old child from their Vancouver, Washington, home on Nov. 20, 2021, and hasn’t been seen since, Vancouver police said. Felicia Florendo left without her phone and purse. Vancouver Police Department

UPDATE: The mother and child have been found, and they are safe, Vancouver police said on Nov. 23 three days after they were first reported missing.

Original story:

A mother and her child have been missing for days after she left her Washington home on foot, police said.

Felicia Florendo and her 11-month-old son Koa Florendo were last seen on Nov. 20, the Vancouver Police Department said on Monday, Nov. 22.

Florendo left behind her purse, phone and other belongings before taking the child, police said.

The two haven’t been heard from since.

Florendo is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, about 90 lbs with brown eyes and dyed green hair, police said.

Authorities said she was last seen wearing black pants and a black jacket. Her son had on a white or gray top and gray pants.

Police ask the public to call 911 if they have information about Florendo and her child.

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This story was originally published November 23, 2021 at 12:36 PM with the headline "Mom and baby missing for three days have been found safe, Washington cops say."

Helena Wegner
McClatchy DC
Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She’s based in Phoenix.
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