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Summit County Sheriff’s Office searching for missing 8th grader

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Posted at 8:07 AM, Feb 29, 2024
and last updated 2024-03-05 18:00:37-05

UPDATE March 5: Maria Maaz-Ba was found unharmed in Chicago. Click here for more.

The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's help locating a missing eighth grader who didn't go to school in Twinsburg Township on Wednesday.

Maria Maaz-Ba, 15, did not get on her school bus for R.B. Chamberlin Middle School and was last seen walking toward Ravenna Road.

She is 4-feet-10-inches tall and weighs 100 pounds. She has long dark hark.

Maria was last seen wearing a white sweatshirt and blue jeans.

Police said she speaks Spanish and very little English.

According to police, she may also be using the name Olivia Tiul Xi.

Anyone with information on her location is asked to call police at 330-643-8639.

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