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TikTok video helps locate missing Pennsylvania teen<\/p>\n

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A TikTok video led to the discovery of Samantha Miscik, a teenager reported missing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, who was found in Harrisburg two weeks later. <\/p>\n

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TikTok video prompts crucial tip<\/p>\n

The video, created by Alicia Kozakiewicz, a kidnapping survivor and internet safety advocate, detailed the circumstances of Miscik’s disappearance, including where she went missing and where she was last seen.<\/p>\n

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York native Ari Csutoras said she recognized Miscik after seeing her at a Sheetz in Mechanicsburg off Carlisle Pike on Monday, Aug. 3. The next day, after watching Kozakiewicz’s TikTok video, Csutoras called the number on the missing persons poster. <\/p>\n

“And I realized that I know that face,” Csutoras said. “So, about– really it was 5 minutes of me going, ‘Am I sure?’ Before I was like, ‘Well, if I’m wrong, then I’m wrong, but if I’m right, it could be a really big deal.'”<\/p>\n

From Csutoras’ tip and other comments on Kozakiewicz’s post, both Harrisburg police and Greensburg police were able to locate Miscik and bring her home. <\/p>\n

Survivor uses social media to help others<\/p>\n

Kozakiewicz, who is also a Pennsylvania native, said her own experience as a kidnapping survivor inspired her to create videos to raise awareness about missing people.<\/p>\n

“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’re in,” Kozakiewicz said. <\/p>\n

Questions remain about disappearance<\/p>\n

No additional details about Miscik’s disappearance have been released. State police identified the vehicle and man who drove her to Lancaster County, but it is unclear if he has been charged. <\/p>\n

This case highlights how paying attention to social media can help solve cases like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TikTok video helps locate missing Pennsylvania teen A TikTok video led to the discovery of Samantha Miscik, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[66957,110719,41477,111190,3627,111187,111183,37,111184,111189,7133,111192,28,30,29,59395,111191,110381,13287,33473,111188,111185,5910,111186],"class_list":["post-262989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-additional-detail","tag-alicia-kozak","tag-carlisle-pike","tag-csturos","tag-disappearance","tag-found-in-harrisburg","tag-greensburg-police","tag-harrisburg","tag-harrisburg-police","tag-kidnapping-survivor","tag-monday","tag-other-comment","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-teen","tag-person-poster","tag-samantha-miscik","tag-sheetz","tag-social-medium","tag-teenager-reported-missing","tag-tiktok-video","tag-westmoreland-county","tag-york-native-ari-csturos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262989","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=262989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}