A missing Atlanta 12-year-old was found safe Thursday night.

Janiha Pazhepath was at the Central Library, at One Margaret Mitchell Street, Wednesday afternoon with friends when she disappeared. Those with her said she had been chatting with someone on Facebook before she left, according to a news release from the Atlanta Police Department.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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