SALT LAKE CITY — Police in Oregon found a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing from Garden City in 2025 on Sunday.
According to a press release from the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office, the 17-year-old was found Sunday afternoon in Oregon with a 39-year-old man.
Authorities have since taken the man into custody.
The FBI’s Salt Lake City field office said the girl was reported missing from Garden City in May 2025.
“This evening, local police in Oregon brought to safety a juvenile who had been missing for a year and a half, acting on information provided by our FBI Field Office in Salt Lake City,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in the release. “We are grateful that she can return home and we will continue to work with our partners to hold those responsible to account.”
Patel also warned anyone using “gore groups” to target children that the FBI was “coming for you.”
“We are using every tool at our disposal to combat nihilistic violent extremism, bring offenders to justice, and protect America’s children,” he said.
A gore group, according to the FBI, is an online group of individuals intended to lure and exploit vulnerable children.
The press release said the FBI and Rich County Sheriff’s Office followed “all leads” from the United States as well as other countries.
So far, authorities have not identified the 17-year-old girl or the 39-year-old man she was found with.
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