A 15-Year-old missing North Carolina girl who disappeared more than five years ago was found safe in Ohio after assuming a false identity.
Rachel Natacha Owens, who went missing in May 2011 as a teenager, has been located in Columbus.
The authorities said that, Owens, now 21, had “left and remained away on her own will” and went to “great lengths to intentionally conceal her whereabouts.”
Brunswick County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that, the young woman had even assumed a false identity and date of birth.
The girl was reported missing on May 5, 2011 after she was seen getting off her school bus at South Brunswick High School in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina. She was then spotted getting into a car in the parking lot and after that vanished.
FBI Special Agent Rich Novelli said that, the FBI along with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office worked tirelessly around several leads in both the US and Mexico. The FBI had offered a $5,000 reward for information in Owens' disappearance.
The news release stated, “Sheriff [John] Ingram and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office are extremely grateful to all of those who submitted tips and leads to detectives that ultimately led to finding Rachel.”
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