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UPDATE: Missing Jacksonville woman with autism found safe by police

Ateasha S. Edwards

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UPDATE: 7:44 P.M:

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Edwards was found safely and thanked the public for its help.

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The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking for help as it searches for a woman who went missing from a park on the westside.

Police said Ateasha Edwards, who has been diagnosed with autism, was last seen leaving the park on Lane Avenue North at around 11:20 A.M. Thursday.

The 33-year-old is 5′2″ and was wearing blue pants, a blue bonnet, pink shirt and black shoes.

People in the area are asked to check their surveillance cameras, cars and property in case she passed by or wandered in.

Anyone with information on where Edwards may be is asked to call the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s non-emergency number at 904-630-0500.

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