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A 2-year-old girl reported missing from a Lombard hotel overnight that prompted a "significant" police and dive team response early Friday morning was found safe inside a hotel room, officials confirmed.
According to officials, the girl was found by police around 7 a.m. inside a vacant room on the fourth floor of the hotel.
A family friend told NBC Chicago the girl was reported missing around midnight. The girl's mother had taken a shower in her room on the fourth floor and came out to find her daughter missing, the friend said.
Police took the mother and father of the girl in for questioning as officials continued to search the area. Later Friday morning, authorities found the girl in room 405, a vacant hotel room, without a key, officials said.
The incident resulted in an hours-long "active police response" from multiple suburban agencies, including K-9s and divers searching a retention pond.
Around 4 a.m., Lombard Police confirmed to NBC Chicago there was an "active police response" around the Extended Stay America Hotel, located at 260 E. 22nd St. in Lombard, near the Yorktown Shopping Center Mall.
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NBC 5 reporter Sandra Torres reported the "significant" police presence included the Lombard Police Department, the DuPage County Sheriff and Villa Park Police Department, as well as a the Oakbrook, Roselle and Bloomingdale Fire Departments.
The Bloomingdale Fire Department confirmed to Torres that they were dispatched to the scene due to reports of a person "in the water."
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Photos and video from the scene showed multiple agencies surrounding the area, along with several divers searching a pond behind the hotel and Greek Islands Lombard, a popular restaurant near the Yorktown Mall.
Torres reported from the scene that an employee at the Extended Stay America said police were searching for a 2-year-old girl staying at the hotel who was reported missing overnight.
At 6:27 a.m., the Village of Lombard later Friday morning confirmed authorities were searching for the missing girl in the area of 22nd Street and Highland Avenue.
At 7:05 a.m., the village posted an update saying the girl had been found safe.
Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, is approximately 20 miles west of the city.
