Found Safe Canada - Tya Maass, 14, Hamilton ON, 5 May 2017

The Hamilton mother of a missing teenage girl is frantic to learn her daughter is safe.

Diane Maass is appealing to the public to let her or the police know her 14-year-old daughter Tya Maass is OK.

"I'm trying to reach out any way I can," she said in a call to The Spectator Sunday evening. "I just want to know she's safe … I'm dying inside. I can't eat. I can't sleep. I can't think. It's so hard (not knowing) … I'm asking — just contact someone so I know she's safe. That's all I'm asking for."

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Police say Tya was reported missing from her group home on May 3 after she failed to attend school as per her normal routine and has not been seen or heard from since. Police also said they are concerned about her well-being.

Her mother said Tya attends Cathedral high school.

Tya is described as white, four feet 11 inches tall, 121 pounds with a slender build. She has long brown hair.

Her mother said anyone with information can call police or contact her on her Facebook page: Diane M. Maass.

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UPDATE: Missing Cathedral student found safe

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Tya Maass

Hamilton Spectator
By Carmela Fragomeni

Tya Maass has been found and safe.

The 14-year-old Cathedral High School student was reported missing on May 3 after she failed to attend school as per her normal routine and had not been seen or heard from since. Police were concerned about her well-being.

Her mother, Diane Maass, made a desperate appeal to the public over the weekend to let her or the police know her daughter was OK.

"I'm trying to reach out any way I can," she said in a call to The Spectator Sunday evening. "I just want to know she's safe … I'm dying inside. I can't eat. I can't sleep. I can't think. It's so hard (not knowing) … I'm asking — just contact someone so I know she's safe. That's all I'm asking for."
Hamilton Police thank the public for their help in finding the teenager.

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