Overview
- The 13-year-old, reported missing on Sept. 11 from Rochester, was recovered safe Saturday in a Blue Island, Illinois, apartment by U.S. Marshals.
- Security footage showed her meeting several people near her home and entering a light-colored SUV, prompting investigators to work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to trace her to the Chicago area.
- She was found with an 18-year-old man and his father, whom Immigration and Customs Enforcement determined were in the United States illegally, and both were taken into federal custody.
- Authorities say the case remains under active investigation, and no criminal charges had been announced as of Tuesday afternoon.
- A second girl was also reported at the apartment and is believed to have been lured there by the 18-year-old, according to WXXI News.