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Dani Gant

Waterford — Police, in conjunction with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, are searching for a 16-year-old who went missing from the Waterford Country School in November.

Lt. Steve Bellos said police believe Dani Gant and three other children ran away from the school Nov. 19 and went to a pizza place in Quaker Hill before hitching a ride to New London. Police believe Gant then got a train to New Haven and likely stayed in the area.

Bellos said members of the state Department of Children and Families were keeping tabs on Gant and keeping Waterford and New Haven police in the loop. Because DCF hadn’t heard from Gant in several weeks, they recently asked police to help spread the word of her disappearance.

Gant is described as a black girl with black hair and brown eyes. She’s 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 203 pounds.

Those with information can call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1 (800) 843-5678, the Waterford Police Department at (860) 442-9451 or the New Haven Police Department at (203) 946-6316.