A 14-year-old Indiana teen who vanished earlier this week and was thought to be in “extreme danger,” according to police, has been located safe.
According to officials, Emily Barger, who was last seen in Georgetown around 1 a.m. on Monday, has been found 200 miles away in Attica, a city west of Indianapolis.
“I am glad she is back home and the Attica Police Department needs to get a special thanks, they did a great job getting her,” Barger’s father, Shawn, told Fox News Digital on Thursday morning.
The Floyd County Sheriff’s Department had informed the Attica Police Department that Barger was thought to be with Terry Ross, an 18-year-old man, before Barger was discovered, according to the Attica Police Department.
When Attica police discovered Ross out and about, they were able to safely take him into custody.
“Officers gained information that the juvenile female was staying in a shed behind a residence in Attica,” the Attica Police Department said. “Officers responded to that area and located the juvenile. Officers transported the juvenile female to the Attica Police Department where she was reunited with her father.”
Ross is accused of encouraging a minor under the age of 16 to engage in criminal activity.
In an interview with WDRB, Shawn Barger said he noticed his daughter missing Monday morning when he went to wake her up for school and that she had left her phone behind.
“First time that’s ever happened, and the window was cracked, and I was scared to death,” Barger told WDRB.
