Searchers have found a 13-year-old Mt. Vernon girl who went missing for more than a day after a taxi dropped her off at a southern Illinois overnight camp.
Authorities in Monroe County say the girl was found alive just after 10 a.m. Tuesday about 100 yards from Camp Wartburg near Waterloo. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police identified the girl as JaTe'a Frank. She was found in a wooded area near the camp entrance.
Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohling says the girl was tired but appeared unharmed. He says the girl ran away. Authorities say she went missing about 11 a.m. Monday. By Monday evening, more than 100 searchers were looking for her over the camp's 108 acres. Searchers also surveyed the area by plane.
