Update: Missing Girl, Twins Are Found
[Update: 2:45 p.m.] Johnson and her babies have been found, according to an announcement from Philadelphia Police:
Good afternoon, confirmed through Gloucester City, NJ Police Department, Missing Person Ruth Johnson and her 7 day old twin daughters have been located in good condition. Thank you.
[Original] Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing girl and her newborn twins.
According to police, Ruth Johnson, who is 16, has been missing since Thursday night, when she left her Northeast Philadelphia home following a verbal altercation. Lots of 16-year-old girls leave home after a fight, but Johnson took her 7-day-old twin daughters, Faith and Grace, with her.
Johnson is described by police as follows: “5’2”, 130 lbs, with a medium brown complexion, brown eyes, and straight black shoulder length hair; last seen wearing light blue pants and a black jacket.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153.