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A frantic search for a missing deaf girl ended happily yesterday when she was found only a few doors from her parents' flat in a Beasley neighbourhood highrise.
But it took police 5 1/2 hours to locate the girl, 5, behind a locked apartment door just down the hall.
The girl was found mere moments before an Amber Alert, a provincewide broadcast to media and government agencies, was to be issued.
The girl was in good shape and did not appear frightened, police said.
"We don't suspect any foul play," Detective Constable Gina Azulay said last night.
Police said they passed by the apartment in their preliminary search because they couldn't find a master pass-key to get in. Officers at first thought the apartment was not rented, but later learned it was occupied.
"There were a lot of locked doors and access points we couldn't enter without pass-keys," said Superintendent Paul Morrison, who oversaw the search. Police said the superintendent was not present when officers did their first sweep of flats on the missing girl's floor.
"We couldn't access all the apartments and to start kicking doors in at that point was not an option," Morrison said.
Ultimately, Staff Sergeant Steve Kovach said, four master keys were needed to open all the apartments.
The girl disappeared at 11 a.m. from a third floor flat at 235 Rebecca St. while her parents were inside.
She was found "a couple of apartments" away at about 4:30 p.m., Morrison said.
"We made note of what we couldn't get into and the second time around, we were able to access all those points."
A key consideration, Morrison said, was to use daylight to search outdoors.
"We did our cursory search here (in the building) first and we locked it down so we could do a more thorough search."
A frantic search for a missing deaf girl ended happily yesterday when she was found only a few doors from her parents' flat in a Beasley neighbourhood highrise.
But it took police 5 1/2 hours to locate the girl, 5, behind a locked apartment door just down the hall.
The girl was found mere moments before an Amber Alert, a provincewide broadcast to media and government agencies, was to be issued.
The girl was in good shape and did not appear frightened, police said.
"We don't suspect any foul play," Detective Constable Gina Azulay said last night.
Police said they passed by the apartment in their preliminary search because they couldn't find a master pass-key to get in. Officers at first thought the apartment was not rented, but later learned it was occupied.
"There were a lot of locked doors and access points we couldn't enter without pass-keys," said Superintendent Paul Morrison, who oversaw the search. Police said the superintendent was not present when officers did their first sweep of flats on the missing girl's floor.
"We couldn't access all the apartments and to start kicking doors in at that point was not an option," Morrison said.
Ultimately, Staff Sergeant Steve Kovach said, four master keys were needed to open all the apartments.
The girl disappeared at 11 a.m. from a third floor flat at 235 Rebecca St. while her parents were inside.
She was found "a couple of apartments" away at about 4:30 p.m., Morrison said.
"We made note of what we couldn't get into and the second time around, we were able to access all those points."
A key consideration, Morrison said, was to use daylight to search outdoors.
"We did our cursory search here (in the building) first and we locked it down so we could do a more thorough search."