According to KMOV.com, a 13-year-old girl reported missing after taking a cab to a came in Wartburg, IL was located by police.
Jate’a Lejla Frank was found alive Tuesday morning. News 4’s Kelly Davis was near the camp when she was found and saw her being placed into an ambulance.
The girl’s mother, Tyeisa Harris, said her daughter attended the Treehouse Camp at Camp Wartburg the week of June 14. She said her daughter enjoyed the camp and wanted to go back but no plans were made.
Harris told News 4 her husband received a call from the camp after they located Frank’s bags on Monday. The girl’s mother called the school where Frank was supposed to be and was told she wasn’t there. Harris then dialed the most recent number called from their home, which was a cab company.
She was dropped off at the campgrounds by a taxi around 11:00 a.m. and walked into some nearby woods. She lives more than one hour away from the campgrounds, near Mount Vernon.
Harris said her daughter took money from her drawer and paid the cab fee, a $110, in cash.
Information from KMOV.com contributed to this report.