Genesis Inamagua, 5, is found safely hours after she was last seen in New York City supermarket hold

Posted by Martina Birk on Thursday, February 8, 2024

A missing 5-year-old girl was found safe after she was last seen in a New York City supermarket holding the hand of a 75-year-old stranger- an adult who was arrested and now faces charges. 

Genesis Inamagua was last seen at around 9am Tuesday in a Queens supermarket and was reported missing about four hours later, according to police.

'The missing has been found safe,' the NYPD tweeted at about 4:40 pm, nearly an hour after officials posted a missing persons report. 

A surveillance photo shows the girl accompanied by an older man wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants at Foodtown Supermarket at 76-10 37 Avenue in Queens.    

Genesis Inamagua was last seen at around 9 am at      Foodtown Supermarket in Queens The 5-year-old was accompanied by an older man     wearing khakis and a blue shirt

The young girl was holding the hand of the 75-year-old man who the mother recognized from the neighborhood but did not know personally, sources told CBS 

The unnamed suspect is currently in custody. The mother of the girl recognized the man from the neighborhood

The unnamed suspect is currently in custody. The mother of the girl recognized the man from the neighborhood 

The young girl was holding the hand of the 75-year-old man who the mother recognized from the neighborhood but did not know personally, sources told CBS. 

Inamagua has long black hair and was wearing a pink floral dress when she went missing. 

Further details of the case and where the girl was for hours were not released.  

Police used K-9s to search the area and track the location of the missing girl. 

The girl was reportedly mentally and physically unharmed

The girl was reportedly mentally and physically unharmed

Inamagua has long black hair and was wearing a pink floral dress when she went missing

Inamagua has long black hair and was wearing a pink floral dress when she went missing

Video shows the man getting arrested by police near the subway station entrance near where the girl was found

Video shows the man getting arrested by police near the subway station entrance near where the girl was found 

The girl was located unharmed at about 4:30 pm near 74th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, just minutes from the supermarket where she was last seen

The girl was located unharmed at about 4:30 pm near 74th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, just minutes from the supermarket where she was last seen

Police used K-9s to search the area and track the location of the missing girl

Police used K-9s to search the area and track the location of the missing girl 

'The missing has been found safe,' the NYPD tweeted at about 4:40 pm, nearly an hour after officials posted the missing persons report

'The missing has been found safe,' the NYPD tweeted at about 4:40 pm, nearly an hour after officials posted the missing persons report 

Police arrested the man and placed him in custody

Police arrested the man and placed him in custody 

The girl was located unharmed at about 4:30 pm near 74th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, just minutes from the supermarket where she was last seen. 

Video shows the man getting arrested by police near the subway station entrance near where the girl was found. 

The unidentified suspect is currently in custody. 

Officials were seen carrying the girl away. She was reportedly mentally and physically unharmed. 

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