Las Vegas police: Missing teen found

Las Vegas police are looking for Celestina Godinez, 14, who was reported missing on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. (Courtesy/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

Las Vegas police are looking for Jose Quintero, 23, who is believed to be in the company of Celestina Godinez, 14. Celestina was reported missing on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. (Courtesy/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

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By RICARDO TORRES LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

November 13, 2014 - 3:53 pm

Las Vegas police say a 14-year-old girl who had gone missing has been found.

Celestina Godinez, 14, was last seen at 2 p.m. Wednesday near Nellis and Lake Mead boulevards, police said.

By Thursday afternoon, police said, she was safe.

Police said she may be in the company of 23-year-old Jose Quintero.

No other information about where she had been was available.

Anyone with information on Celestina and Quintero is urged to call police at 702-828-2907.

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