Alisa Petrov, a 15-year-old girl who had been missing for six weeks after running away from home to meet an alleged p*dophile, has been found alive.
Alisa had vanished on April 21 after being dropped off at school in Utah, getting on a train out of town, as per The Daily Mail.
The teen walked into a police station in Colorado Springs on Sunday night (June 1) and identified herself.
Police said Alisa was “in good health.” It remains unclear where she was or whether she was being held against her will.
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“Alisa’s parents have been notified of her location and are working with South Jordan Police to bring her home,” police said.
After Alisa went missing, her parents Olga and Nikolai discovered an iPad she kept hidden in her dresser. The device reportedly contained messages she had exchanged with three accused p*dophiles, who are now incarcerated.
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Alisa was dropped off at her school, about 32 miles south of Salt Lake City on April 21. However, instead of going to class, she convinced a man at a gas station to drive her to the local train station.
Olga previously told The Daily Mail that her daughter had approximately $1,000 saved from pocket money and birthday gifts, so she suspected someone was “helping” Alisa.
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Alisa got off the train in Provo, about 14 miles south of American Fork, and asked people to buy her a bus ticket to Las Vegas, where she had arranged to meet 35-year-old Matthew Nicholas Menard.
Messages exchanged on Snapchat and Discord between Alisa and another man, 41-year-old accused p*dophile Samuel Teancum Mitchell, mentioned “su*cide” and “that she hates her parents,” police wrote in a probable cause affidavit for Mitchell’s arrest.
“Mitchell advised he had met a girl online who was mad at her parents and had started cutting herself.”
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Image credits: Find Alisa
Alisa reportedly asked Samuel to “k*dnap her” and eight days before she ran away sent him locations of where she was planning to go.
Alisa allegedly asked Samuel, “Like r we [for real] meeting?? like please confirm please before tonight confirm if we r meeting pls bring c*ndoms.”
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The 41-year-old replied that they couldn’t meet because he was feeling unwell. After that, Alisa decided to meet another man believed to be Matthew Nicholas Menard, a tech sales executive who had spent months grooming her.
Image credits: Nikolai Petrov/Facebook
Image credits: Nikolai Petrov/Facebook
According to the affidavit, Samuel told police that Alisa “mentioned that she met” another man in Florida and “had an interest in that guy.”
This is a developing story
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