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Missing Mexican Model Geraldine Mendez Found Alive
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David Colon
Published Oct 23, 2016
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Mexican model Geraldine Mendez, who was reported missing after not coming home from a Bushwick party on October 15th, has been found.
A police spokesperson said that Mendez was found uninjured at a local hospital this morning and has been reunited with her family. Police couldn't say what hospital it was, but sources told NBC 4 that she was found in the psych ward at Bellevue. Police sources told the Post that Mendez was located at about 3 a.m. after a tipster saw her at the hospital and called police to let them know.
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