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Kidnapped Alaskan girl turns up 2 years later in Los Angeles foothills
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A 7-year-old kidnapped in Alaska two years ago was found in La Crescenta Thursday, the Glendale News-Press reports.
Police spotted three adults with a 3-year-old and a 7-year-old girl driving on Foothill Boulevard Thursday afternoon, and two of the people in the car weren't wearing seatbelts, according to the News-Press.
The Glendale News-Press reports that the police investigation revealed the 7-year-old was abducted by her mother from Anchorage in 2011, and that her mother was one of the adults in the vehicle, who also faced an active warrant.
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