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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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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