CROWN POINT, Ind. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A missing 16-year-old Indiana girl was found safe Sunday in Arkansas and a person has been arrested in connection with her disappearance.
Madison Eddlemon, 16, had last been seen about 9 a.m. Saturday in Crown Point, Indiana, the Lake County sheriff’s office said. About 11:20 a.m. Sunday, Eddlemon’s mother posted to Facebook saying “THEY FOUND HER!!!!!! Safe.”
Eddlemon’s grandmother posted to Facebook 10 minutes later saying “The FBI has found my granddaughter in Arkansas.”
The FBI’s Indianapolis division confirmed to the Sun-Times that Eddlemon is safe, saying that they assisted the Lake County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI’s Little Rock division in locating her.
“She was recovered safely and a subject is in custody in connection with her disappearance,” FBI spokesperson Chris Bavender said.
The FBI declined to identify the person who was arrested, but Indiana authorities believed Eddlemon to be with 22-year-old Alexander Martin Curry-Fishtorn, saying that she was in “extreme danger.” Eddlemon’s family had previously filed a protective order against Curry-Fishtorn for stalking, Crown Point police said.
The Crown Point Police Department said that Eddlemon had last been seen in her own car, which was later found abandoned near the corner of Magnolia and Sherwood Drives. Eddlemon’s belongings were still in the car and one of the windows was cracked, Crown Point police said.
Indiana police authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment.