Philadelphia 18-year-old who went missing days before high school graduation found alive

Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY
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Shalaya Porter went missing for 11 days starting June 5 but had reportedly been found alive and safe.
Shalaya Porter went missing for 11 days starting June 5 but had reportedly been found alive and safe.

An 18-year-old Philadelphia woman who went missing five days before her high school graduation has returned home safely, according to NBC 10.

Philadelphia police said Shalaya Porter’s family last saw her on June 5 and was considered a missing person for 11 days.

She had been preparing to start her freshman year at Morgan State University in the fall, according to ABC 6.

Porter’s mother, grandmother and aunts gathered outside her high school this week handing out flyers, ABC 6 reported. A Motivational High School teacher also joined her family in bringing attention to her disappearance. They said it’s unusual that Porter disappeared without her cell phone and missed her graduation.

"I love you baby. Just please come home. We had so many plans. I'm supposed to be going to college with you," her mother Kaleia Porter told ABC 6 through tears.

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