Update: Amber Alert for missing 14-year-old discontinued

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As of 1:45 p.m. on Monday, police have discontinued an Amber Alert following a reported abduction in Collin County.

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Police said 14-year-old Hayley Giandoni was abducted Saturday night in Fairview, about eight miles Southeast of McKinney. Hayley’s father, Matt Giandoni, said at the time that he believes she’s with another minor.

"This other friend -- that person is also reported missing," Giandoni says. "They may have headed towards Seagoville."

That other person is 13-year-old Ariyanna Soman. Her mother, Heather Rice, says she and Hayley met up the night of Dec. 18 and were then picked up by an unknown male.

"I honestly don't know," Rice says, adding that her daughter has been through a lot of trauma and is mentally unstable. "I don't if somebody was just giving them a ride or what."

An Amber Alert was issued for Hayley, but not Ariyanna. Both girls were reported missing.

During the course of the investigation, police say that they discovered that three other runaways between the ages of 13 and 17 were connected to Hayley's vanishing.

On Monday at around 1:30 p.m. police say that Hayley and another 13-year-old runaway from Seagoville were found in Balch Springs thanks to a member of the public.

They go on to say that an investigation into the identity of the person who picked Hayley up is ongoing.

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