Rosie O'Donnell Says Missing Teen Daughter "Has Been Found and Is Safe"

Earlier today, Rosie O’Donnell asked for the public’s help in locating her 17-year-old daughter, Chelsea, who was last seen a week ago in Nyack, New York. This evening, O’Donnell tweeted that her daughter has been found and “is safe in police custody.”

chelsea has been found and is safe in police custody - thank u all for the help and light #missingchildren

August 18, 2015

“It has not been easy, for any mother of a child with mental illness, or all the siblings,” a “grateful and relieved” O’Donnell told the New York Daily News. “She’s still a child, and she’s on her way from the police headquarters.”
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According to WCBS, South Nyack police say they located Chelsea in New Jersey at around 6 p.m. on Tuesday. They had been searching for the teen in the Rockland County area since Saturday.

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