A 12-year-old girl from Paisley who was reported missing on Thursday was found in Georgia less than 24 hours later with a 19-year-old man she met on TikTok, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.Detectives said the girl met Alex Lindsley, 19, from Illinois on the social media platform, and he traveled to Lake County to meet her. Detectives confirmed that Lindsley was driving a silver Dodge truck with a temporary tag, verified through a previous traffic stop in Illinois for reckless driving. During the investigation, detectives were able to track the silver Dodge truck using license plate readers, also known as LPRs. Because of the LPRs, they were able to track the vehicle traveling northbound through Georgia.ABOUT WESH 2WESH 2 is a digital multi-media company providing news, weather, sports, community service and entertainment on multiple platforms serving Central Florida. WESH 2 produces 65.5 hours of local news per week in Central Florida, including 22 hours on sister station CW18. WESH 2 has been honored with numerous prestigious broadcast journalism awards including a DuPont, Peabody, Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Political Journalism and the RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Award and Regional Emmy Award for Overall Excellence. WESH 2 is owned by Hearst Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst, a leading media company. Hearst Television owns and/or manages 35 television stations and two radio stations. Follow WESH 2 on Facebook (wesh2news) and X (@WESH). WESH 2’s website is wesh.com.

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. —

A 12-year-old girl from Paisley who was reported missing on Thursday was found in Georgia less than 24 hours later with a 19-year-old man she met on TikTok, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Detectives said the girl met Alex Lindsley, 19, from Illinois on the social media platform, and he traveled to Lake County to meet her.

Detectives confirmed that Lindsley was driving a silver Dodge truck with a temporary tag, verified through a previous traffic stop in Illinois for reckless driving.

During the investigation, detectives were able to track the silver Dodge truck using license plate readers, also known as LPRs. Because of the LPRs, they were able to track the vehicle traveling northbound through Georgia.

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