SACRAMENTO —A 13-year-old Utah girl will be reunited with her family later this week after being discovered in Sacramento with a 30-year-old man.
According to KSL-TV, 13-year-old Astrid Valdivia of Clearfield, Utah left her family a note saying she was running away from home last September. Based on information passed on from Valdivia's family to police, a missing person's alert known as the Endangered Persons Advisory was issued for Valdivia Tuesday afternoon.
By Tuesday evening, police had been tipped off that Valdivia was staying with 30-year-old Sacramento resident Anthony Martinez. Local authorities investigated the tip, located the pair and arrested Martinez on suspicion of child endangerment and resisting arrest.
Martinez is expected to be charged by authorities in Utah with kidnapping.
Police say Valdivia will be reunited with her family soon.
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