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Edinburgh Live
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Dayna McAlpine

Whitson Way incident: Edinburgh police search for parents of young girl found alone near Stenhouse

Police in Edinburgh are urgently searching for the parents or guardians of a young girl found alone in the Stenhouse area of the capital this morning.

The child was found in Whitson Way at 9.25am this morning - just off Saughton Park - resulting in a large police presence in the area.

The child is now in the care of Police Scotland and the Local Authority - Police Scotland have reported that the young girl is dressed for the outdoors in a pink snowsuit.

If you have any information, please call officers on 101, quoting incident number 0843 of 19 December 2019.

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