{"id":261323,"date":"2026-08-07T23:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261323\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:56:09","slug":"tiktok-video-was-instrumental-in-locating-missing-pennsylvania-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261323\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok video was instrumental in locating missing Pennsylvania teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok video was instrumental in locating missing Pennsylvania teen<\/p>\n<p>A TikTok video by kidnapping survivor Alicia Kozak led to a tip that helped police locate and return missing woman Samantha Miscik to her family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/news-team\/415a6457-ba77-48de-8add-baa7b3ef4953\" aria-label=\"Yazmin Rodriguez profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/415a6457-ba77-48de-8add-baa7b3ef4953_1705094482.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Yazmin Rodriguez\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>Pennsylvania \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A TikTok video created by kidnapping survivor and internet safety advocate Alicia Kozak (Kozakiewicz) helped police locate missing Pennsylvania woman Samantha Miscik after a viewer recognized her.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">&#8220;I was rescued because of my missing persons poster out there because somebody saw it, and to be able to use that same method in this now tech-forward world that we&#8217;re in,&#8221; Kozak said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The case struck a personal chord for Kozak, who is also a Western Pennsylvania native.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;I saw Samantha&#8217;s story; it was a WTAE story, it always sticks out because of course it&#8217;s Pittsburgh,&#8221; Kozak said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">York native Ari Csutoras came across Kozak&#8217;s TikTok video and immediately recognized Miscik.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">&#8220;And I realize that like I know that face,&#8221; Csutoras said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">WATCH KOZAK&#8217;S TIKTOK BELOW<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itsaliciakozak\/video\/7670269214304865550?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7363339995820623403<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Csutoras told Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 that she had seen Miscik on Monday, Aug. 3, at a Sheetz in Mechanicsburg off Carlisle Pike. After watching the TikTok video the next day, Csutoras called the number on the missing persons poster.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">&#8220;So, about&#8211; really it was five minutes of me going, &#8216;Am I sure?&#8217; before I was like, &#8216;Well, if I&#8217;m wrong then I&#8217;m wrong, but if I&#8217;m right it could be a really good deal,'&#8221; Csutoras said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Thanks to Csutoras&#8217; tip and other comments on Kozak&#8217;s post, both Harrisburg police and Greensburg police were able to locate Miscik and bring her home.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TikTok video was instrumental in locating missing Pennsylvania teen A TikTok video by kidnapping survivor Alicia Kozak led&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[110719,37,37626,28,30,29,110381,13287,110720,12870,5910],"class_list":["post-261323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-alicia-kozak","tag-harrisburg","tag-missing-teen","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-samantha-miscik","tag-sheetz","tag-social-media-help","tag-tiktok","tag-westmoreland-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}