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Vancouver police say they haven’t found any evidence to corroborate a claim that a six-year-old girl was lured from an elementary school playground in early December.

Police initially reported that on Dec. 5, the girl was playing in the playground at Sexsmith Elementary School on Columbia Street and West 59th Avenue when she was approached by a stranger who lured her away from the school, and took her to a location close by where a sexual assault took place.

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In a brief news release Friday, Sgt. Jason Robillard said that after reviewing public tips, interviewing staff and students, canvassing neighbours and reviewing surveillance footage, detectives from the sex crimes unit and youth services section have been unable to corroborate the information initially provided to investigators.