June 18, 2016
UPDATE: All missing persons were found safe, officials announced Saturday night.
A South Jersey mother and her two children are missing, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and the Lindenwold Police Department announced Saturday.
Nicole Hitchens, 26, of the 1800 block of Laurel Road in Lindenwold, was last seen Thursday around 2 p.m. in Stratford, New Jersey.
Authorities believe Hitchens is in Philadelphia with her two children.
Hitchens is described as a 5-foot-2, 120-pound woman. She was last seen wearing a black tank top with black jeans.
She is with her 3-year-old son named Caleb, who was last seen wearing a red t-shirt with tan shorts, and her 2-year-old daughter named Ella, who was last seen wearing a multi-colored shirt with a zebra print and jean shorts.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Kevin Courtney (856) 225-8632 or Lindenwold Police Detective Art Walls (856) 784-7566.