Police located a 13-year-old Florida girl missing from Satellite Beach on Sunday, and her boyfriend is now facing charges.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, the teen was last seen Wednesday on surveillance at a Scoops Ice Cream Shop at Atlantic Plaza around 5:30 p.m.
WESH reports that the Melbourne Police Department, announced that they discovered her at a home in Melbourne on Sunday, almost five days after she vanished.
“Thank you to everybody that helped pass out flyers, all the search efforts, all the kindness, all the food. We’re happy she’s alive. It’s a relief. She’s alive. She’s safe,” the teen’s family said.
Officials stated that the teen’s boyfriend hid her in his home without his parents’ knowledge. He’s now facing an aiding a juvenile charge.
No additional information is available at this time.
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