BAY FINDS HERSELF IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON A NEW EPISODE OF "SWITCHED AT BIRTH," AIRING MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 AT 8:00 ET/PT ON ABC FAMILY

Burbank, CA (September 10, 2012) - Bay and Zarra find themselves in a dangerous situation on an all new episode of "Switched at Birth" on ABC Family, airing Monday, October 1 at 8:00PM ET/PT.

In "The Declaration of Independence," Bay and Zarra (guest star Tania Raymonde) search for a tagger who's been painting over their street art. Meanwhile, Daphne gets mixed signals from Chef Jeff (guest star Justin Bruening).

"Switched at Birth" is executive-produced by Lizzy Weiss ("Blue Crush"), Paul Stupin ("Make It or Break It"), Becky Hartman Edwards ("Parenthood") and John Ziffren ("Melissa & Joey," "Make It or Break It"). The series stars Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez; Vanessa Marano ("Gilmore Girls") as Bay Kennish; Constance Marie ("George Lopez") as Regina Vasquez; D.W. Moffett ("Friday Night Lights") as John Kennish; Lea Thompson ("Back to the Future," "Caroline in the City") as Kathryn Kennish; Lucas Grabeel ("High School Musical") as Toby Kennish; and Sean Berdy as Emmett Bledsoe with guest star Gilles Marini ("Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars") as Angelo Sorrento and Marlee Matlin ("The West Wing") as Melody Bledsoe.

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