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Police seek missing girl from Brattleboro
A recent picture of Opal Robinson, 15, of Brattleboro. She has been missing since Oct. 16.
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Police seek missing girl from Brattleboro

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 — Issue 328

BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Police Department is attempting to locate a missing girl.

Police say she is Opal Robinson, 15, of Brattleboro, and that the last communication her family had with Robinson was on the afternoon of Oct. 16.

In a Facebook post written on Oct. 20, her grandmother, Jeannie Ayer of St. Johnsbury, wrote there is evidence that Robinson is out of state.

“I just want her to be safe,” Ayer wrote.

Police say that anyone having any information on Robinson's whereabouts is asked to contact the Brattleboro Police Department at 802-257-7950, or the TIPSLINE at 802-251-8188.

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