ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A missing 17-year-old girl from McMinn County, Tennessee, and a 27-year-old man were located, the St. Augustine Police Department said Sunday.
An Amber Alert was issued Saturday for the teen.
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Police told News4Jax on Sunday that they got a tip from a person who saw the teen and the man and they were found in the area of Hurricane Patty’s restaurant. Police said both are safe.
The car they were in was found Friday at Ripley’s Believe It or Not, police said.
They two are in a romantic relationship, according to Amanda Kiener, who is with a group called Missing Justice that’s assisting Turner’s family.
Loved ones said the Athens, Tennessee, teen disappeared after she left for school on Thursday.
“She left to go to school that morning is what everyone was told, that she was going to school, and when it came time for her to getting off the bus, she didn’t get off the bus. and that’s when they realized she had been gone,” Kiener said.
According to the Police Department, the man will be taken to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office and it’s unknown if he will be charged, which is why News4Jax has removed his name from the article.
The teen, who News4Jax is no longer naming since she has been found, will be at the Police Department until family picks her up.