Seventeen-year-old Daneishya Nicole Neal left the Christ Home for Children, 800 York Road, with her 5-month-old daughter Eliana Rae Neal on Saturday, March 23, police said.
Neal left a message for Christ Home staff, "thanking them for all of their help and advising she was 'going her own way' with her 5-month-old daughter," according to authorities.
Both Neal and her daughter are under the custody of Lancaster County Children and Youth, police said.
Daneishya was last seen wearing a cream color sweatsuit with a blue and white t-shirt, police said. She is 5-foot-3 and 220 pounds. Eliana is 19 inches and 8.8 pounds.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call WTPD at 215-672-1000 or their LCCY caseworker Dana Glover at 717-295-5973.
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