Update: Possible Abduction Victim Found Safe

A missing child, whose disappearance was investigated as a possible abduction, was found safe in Warren County around 1:15 p.m. Friday.

Lt. Craig McGuire of the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department, said the girl was a runaway.

The girl told her mother she was going to see a friend but instead voluntarily went into a U-Haul van or truck that was being driven by a family friend.

"Based upon the mother's concern, we treated this as a possible abduction," McGuire said. "We threw a great deal of manpower at this—the sheriff's department, all the municipal police departments in St. Charles County, Warren County and the City of Warrenton."

The girl was found in Warren County. She was recovered safely without any apparent injuries.

The girl left her home in the 100 block of Viewpoint Lane in unincorporated St. Charles County near Lake Saint Louis this morning. Her mother contacted the sheriff's department at 9:55 a.m.

Viewpoint Lane is between the Lake Saint Louis Boulevard and Ronald Reagan Drive exits of Highway 40-61.

The friend is a man in his 40s, McGuire said in the report.

Patch is following up on this report and will have more information as soon as it becomes available.