Update: Girl found in Flint identified by police, no evidence she was abducted from Detroit
Photo provided by Flint Police Department. The original image of the girl’s face has been blurred to protect her identity.
FOX 2 – Flint police believe a young girl’s statement that she was kidnapped in Detroit may be false, as the incident appears to have raised more questions than answers.
Investigators now say she has been identified and that she and her parents live in Flint. Child Protective Services is involved in the investigation. She had claimed she was kidnapped from a McDonald’s in Detroit.
“We have just confirmed the identity of this young girl and there is now no reason to believe she was recently in the Detroit area,” Flint police wrote on their Facebook page. “We are currently contacting her parents who live in Flint and Child Protective Services is still involved in the process.”
Police said tonight that the girl did not know her address in Detroit, but gave police her mother’s name. Detroit police responded to Flint police that there
The photo previously included in the story, provided by Flint police, did not show the girl’s mother. Flint police have removed the photo. FOX 2 has blurred the image of the girl to protect her identity.
Flint police thanked the public for their help.
“We are very grateful for all the comments/shares/private messages it generated,” they said in their social media post. “One of them led us to solving this mystery. Thank you!”
