A girl who was kidnapped from Duarte, California, in 2020 when she was just 5 years old has been found safe in North Carolina.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Karen Rojas, who is now 11, was found on Tuesday. She was enrolled in school under an alias, according to investigators.
Authorities said she was kidnapped on June 2, 2020.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services notified law enforcement in North Carolina that she may be in the state.
They coordinated with several agencies, located the girl and took her into protective custody.
“These are very rare occurrences to have such a positive outcome on such an old case as this, but it reminds us that through hard work, and dedication, and cooperation, stories with positive outcomes like these can happen,” the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.
Due to the age of the child, further information was not immediately available.
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