LOS ANGELES – Family members of Monterey Park teen Alison Chao hosted a press conference Tuesday after the 15-year-old was found safe a week after she disappeared while on a bike ride to a relative’s house in the San Gabriel Valley.
“I’m so happy that we found her and that she’s safe,” said Jenny, Alison’s aunt. “It’s been a nightmare. I have not slept. We just kept searching and searching.”
Chao was located earlier this morning and was located with the assistance of the Glendale Police Department, Monterey Park police said.
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Chao was last seen in the evening hours of July 16 riding her bicycle in the 4400 block of Collis Avenue in the El Sereno area, according to police.
Cellphone video posted on social media was reportedly recorded by Alison the day before she disappeared. In the video, the teen was …