Five runaways found in Higuey

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Police have found five children, who apparently ran away from their homes in the capital, in a shack in the Otra Banda area of Higuey. At a midnight press conference, police chief Bernardo Santana Paez reported that the children had left their homes, headed for the Basilica of La Altagracia in Higuey, and then traveled on to the little shack were they were discovered. Also present at the press conference was prosecutor Marilyn Castillo Presinal from the Department of Children and Young People. General Santana Paez handed the children back to their parents. The children, two sisters and a brother from one family and a brother and sister from another family, were friends, but the families did not know each other. Hoy reports that they went to different schools. According to Listin Diario, the kids left their homes in the Belleza de Los Alpes neighborhood on Charles de Gaulle Avenue last Saturday. Hoy newspaper reports that the children were sent to medical facilities for psychological and medical examinations. The police are continuing their investigations in order to determine if any adults were involved in the escapade.

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