WASHINGTON COUNTY, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) — A child kidnapped nearly six years ago from California has been found in North Carolina.
According to a missing-person poster, Karen Rojas was 5 when she was kidnapped from Duarte, California, on June 2, 2020.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina said it learned that the now 11-year-old was enrolled in a local school under an alias.
The child was found safe Tuesday.
The sheriff’s office said no more information is being released at this time.
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