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State Trooper Locates Missing Teen

(Hammond, IN) - An Indiana State trooper helped resolve an out-of-state Amber Alert.

 

On Wednesday night, police were alerted that a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing out of Iowa was possibly in the area of I-80 and Kennedy Avenue in Hammond. Trooper Adrian Garcia located the described vehicle leaving a hotel and promptly pulled it over.

 

A 36-year-old woman from Des Moines was taken into custody. At last report, authorities were working to transfer the 14-year-old to her rightful guardian in Iowa.

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