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Missing woman found safe

Kahlilah Ketlo has been found and is in the company of her family. Lower Mainland RCMP confirmed that the 21-year-old, reported missing on Sept. 1, is now confirmed to be alive and well.
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Kahlilah Ketlo has been found and is in the company of her family.

Lower Mainland RCMP confirmed that the 21-year-old, reported missing on Sept. 1, is now confirmed to be alive and well.

Family and friends of Ketlo added that she is now with loved ones.

"We can't release details about how it all happened, but police and family and community all worked together, and it was a great outcome," said RCMP Cpl. Mike Rail of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack where Ketlo's disappearance was first reported.

"You take all disappearances seriously and investigate them all on their own circumstances, but each one we look for is a vitally important person," said Rail.

"We saw that in this case. I think the pace got picked up once it was in the Prince George newspaper, and that got the word out into the community. I can't say how it all happened, but it sure felt great to have the message spread, the word gets out in ways you can't predict and in ways you don't even really know about, and then she is found safe and sound."

Ketlo is originally from the Central Interior region and has a wide circle of loved ones in this area. She had been recently living in Chilliwack and was last seen in the East Vancouver area when family and friends noticed she had fallen uncharacteristically out of contact.

Foul play was not a factor in her disappearance, although the circumstances were of concern to police and loved ones.

"We all know all too well about the investigations into missing people that do not have positive outcomes, so we are certainly happy and relieved as investigators and as community members when we get to tell the public that the person is in fact OK and accounted for," said Rail.