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Claim about three-year-old girl found wandering recirculates – Full Fact

Since we first wrote about it earlier this month, we’ve seen another example shared on Facebook of a hoax post claiming a three-year-old girl was found wandering and taken to a local police station. 

The post features an image of a young girl who seems to be asleep, and who has a scar-like mark on her face. 

The text of the post says: “This 3 year old baby girl, Mila, was found last night walking behind a home here in #derby. 

“Deputy Sara Thomas saved her and took her to the Police Station but no one has an idea where she lives, the neighbours don’t know her or how she got there. She says her mom’s name is Abigail”. 

The post then includes an appeal for people to “flood our feeds so that this post may reach her family”. 

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A three-year-old girl was not found wandering in Poole – Full Fact

A post shared more than 100 times on Facebook claims a three-year-old girl was found alone in a street in Poole, and taken to a police station. 

But Dorset Police has no record of this occurring, and the post is virtually identical to others we’ve seen shared in locations around the USA, and in Trinidad and Tobago. 

The Facebook post features an image of a young girl, seemingly asleep, with a dummy in her mouth and a scar-like mark on her face. 

It was shared in the UK in a Facebook group called ‘Bournemouth , Poole, Christchurch :Advertising, Buy and Sell [sic]’ on 17 September, alongside a caption that said the “3 year old baby girl, Mila, was found walking behind a home here in #poole”. 

It continued: “Deputy Sara Thomas saved her and took her to the…


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