Update: Daymi Diaz Garcia, 16, was found safe Friday morning, according to Hialeah police.
Police are asking you to help find a Hialeah teenager who they say went missing on Halloween after having an argument with her mother and is at risk of hurting herself.
Daymi Diaz Garcia, 16, told her mother in a text message Thursday that she “was going to cause harm to herself,” according to the Hialeah Police Department.
Her mother then called 911.
Garcia is 5’3, 128 pounds and has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is known to suffer from depression, according to police.
She was last seen wearing black sweatpants and a black shirt with the Punisher skull logo.
Anyone who knows where Garcia is should contact police at 305-687-2525.
This story was originally published November 1, 2019 at 7:34 AM.
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