text: Missing girl from British Columbia found safe
  
  May 21, 2006 
  
  A missing 11-year-old girl was found safe on Thursday around 5 a.m. PDT after disappearing May 16 while riding her scooter to a local video store near the north Okanagan town of Armstrong, British Columbia. Carmen Kados left home on her regular two kilometer trip to the local store around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. She wasn't seen again after leaving the store around 7:15 p.m. 
  Carmen's mother called authorities and reported the young girl missing around 8:45 p.m. -- police located her scooter, a cell phone and the video she had rented in a parking lot near the store. Other possessions were found but exact details were not disclosed for investigative purposes, according to Corporal Henry Proce, spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 
  "The first 24 hours, the first 48 hours, are crucial and as more time elapses you become more and more fearful of a worst-case scenario," Proce said.
tokens: Missing girl from British Columbia found safe May 21 , 2006 A missing 11 - year - old girl was found safe on Thursday around 5 a.m. PDT after disappearing May 16 while riding her scooter to a local video store near the north Okanagan town of Armstrong , British Columbia . Carmen Kados left home on her regular two kilometer trip to the local store around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday . She was n't seen again after leaving the store around 7:15 p.m. Carmen 's mother called authorities and reported the young girl missing around 8:45 p.m. -- police located her scooter , a cell phone and the video she had rented in a parking lot near the store . Other possessions were found but exact details were not disclosed for investigative purposes , according to Corporal Henry Proce , spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . " The first 24 hours , the first 48 hours , are crucial and as more time elapses you become more and more fearful of a worst - case scenario , " Proce said .
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