Missing Arizona girl returns four years after disappearance

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A teenage girl from Arizona who went missing in 2019 turned up nearly four years later in a small Montana town near the Canadian border. Alicia, who has autism, was 14 years old when she vanished in September 2019 leaving behind a note saying she would be back.

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00:00 Welcome back. A teenager from Arizona suddenly reappears four years after she

00:05 went missing. Here's abc's Andrew dimpert with the details. A teenage girl

00:10 from Arizona who went missing in 2019 turns up nearly four years later in a

00:15 small Montana town near the Canadian border. For everyone who has missing

00:19 loved ones. I want you to use this case as an example that miracles do exist

00:24 and never lose hope and always fight. Alicia Navarro's mother posting this

00:28 emotional video online. Alicia who has autism was 14 years old when she

00:32 vanished in September 2019 leaving behind a note saying she would be back

00:37 at the time. Alicia's mother feared her daughter may have been lured by a

00:40 predator online. I do not know the details. I do confirm that she is my

00:46 daughter, she is alive and she is safe. The teen's disappearance is shrouded in

00:51 mystery. The now 18 year old was last seen at her home in Arizona but

00:55 recently wandered into a local police station in Montana nearly 1000 miles

00:59 away from where she was reported missing. Police releasing this Face

01:03 Time conversation with Navarro. Did anybody hurt you in any way?

01:06 No, no one. Okay. So you know our goal is we just want to make sure that

01:13 you're safe. She is by all counts safe. She is by all accounts helping and she

01:19 is by all accounts happy. Authorities believe Alicia's disappearance likely

01:23 began as a runaway while she was still missing. Her family hired private

01:27 investigator Trent Steel who is still searching for answers. She's been found

01:32 but the investigation is far from over. Obviously we have to piece together

01:36 what's happened in the last three plus years. She's been gone. Alicia's mother

01:39 Jessica now just waiting for the moment she can reunite with her daughter. A

01:43 moment four years in the making. Andrew Dimbert, abc News New York.

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