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Navajo police in New Mexico find missing children, woman

The Navajo Police Department said the 7- and 4-year-old girls were found with their mother, Tonya Clark.
Credit: KPNX

SHIPROCK, N.M. — A mother and her two daughters who were reported missing in New Mexico by Navajo police have been found safely.

The Navajo Police Department said the 7- and 4-year-old girls were found with their mother, Tonya Clark.

The girls are safe in police custody, the department said. 

The children were found as a result of tips from the family, the department said. 

Clark had been contacted by police before they were found, but refused to provide officers with her and the children's whereabouts. 

Navajo police previously said they believed the children were in danger. 

It was not immediately known where they were found.

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