A missing 15-year-old from Monterey Park, Alison Jillian Chao, was found secure outside KABC-TV’s practices in Glendale on Tuesday, regional authorities confirmed. According to the Los Angeles Times, Alison had been reported missing after leaving her house on July 16 on her bike.
Jose Romero, an lawyer representing Alison’s father, Jeffrey Chao, stated that there was no mark of foul play. ” The 15-year-old had left home on her own accord on her vehicle July 16 and showed up at the Los Angeles-based KABC-TV page in Glendale on her own”, Romero said at a news conference.
The child’s parents described Alison as” a really intelligent man and she’s a virtuous person with a really good soul.” The Monterey Park Police Department was contacting Alison on Tuesday evening, and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services had been contacted. Her relatives had not spoken to or met her still.
A security guard observed a lady who matched Alison’s information on a resident’s report at the KABC workplaces. The woman wanted to tell the reports stop her side of the story, the native claimed.
Romero declined to comment on a YouTube videos circulating online, where Alison is seen refusing to go to a “facility” at her parents ‘ ask before her departure. ” Based on current dispute in family law judge, there’s levels of security afforded to the minor”, Romero explained.
The Monterey Park Police Department stated that they are continuing to look into the case. Alison had left her home at 5: 32 p. m. on July 16, heading towards her grandmother’s apartment in San Gabriel. Her uncle notified her papa around 8 p. m. that Alison had never arrived.
Alison’s family, Annie Chao, had before asked for protection and requested that the people refrain from guesswork. ” Choose remember that Alison is a child”, she said in an Instagram speech. I politely ask that you refrain from speculating, attacking, or posting something that would not be helpful in the search for her.
