Kelsey Brooke Jones, a five year old girl, is missing in Minnesota.

See the plea here.

Yes, it was true for about two hours. Kelsey Brooke Jones was found and returned to her mother about two hours after being reported missing.

Police located the child watching TV at a neighbor's house shortly after being notified by her mother. Unfortunately, someone had sent out the plea for help and it continues to circulate long after the child was found.

Why shouldn't you forward these email pleas?

These pleas - like cards for Craig Shergold and Madeline Murray O'Hair's supposed petition to ban religious broadcasting and many other examples - continue to circulate long after any deadline or relevance. Somehow the truth, in this case that Kelsey Brooke Jones was quickly found, never spreads as widely or with the speed of the original plea.

• Missing Child: Kelsey Brooke Jones from About.com
• Kelsey Brooke Jones from the Urban Legends Reference Pages

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