The 11-year-old girl who went missing from Georgia earlier this week was located alive by police on Friday.
Clayton County police said they believed the girl, R’Kayla Briggs, was a victim of human trafficking. Police did not say where she was found or if she was with anyone when she was located.
Officers arrived at the girl’s Jonesboro home Tuesday and learned that she had left the home around 3:39 p.m. that day. She left the house with a packed suitcase but without permission from her family.
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The 11-year-old girl who went missing from Georgia earlier this week was located alive by police on Friday.
(Clayton County Police)
His family told police that he had been planning to leave with an unidentified adult male he met online “for some time,” but the identity of the adult is unclear.
The police believed that the girl was in danger and that her disappearance was related to human trafficking. Police have not confirmed since the girl was located whether she was a victim of human trafficking.
The investigation is still active, according to police, who also said that some people had obstructed the investigators’ investigation.
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The girl’s family told police she had been planning to go off with an unidentified adult male “for some time,” but the identity of the adult is unclear.
(Clayton County Police Department)
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“We are asking the public to ask law enforcement to investigate this case because multiple parties interfered with the investigation of this case,” Clayton County Police spokeswoman Julia Isaac told FOX 5 Atlanta.
It is unclear at this time if anyone was arrested in connection with the girl’s disappearance.
