Missing girl, 12, found unharmed after 1 week

[Haole Girl]

Source: msnbc.com

Missing girl, 12, found unharmed after 1 week

Live-in boyfriend of slain mother taken into custody

updated 12/10/2010 9:05:00 PM ET 2010-12-11T02:05:00

ROANOKE, Va. — A 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week was found unharmed Friday after she and the man accused in her abduction were recognized in a store in San Francisco, police said.

Brittany Mae Smith has since been in touch with her family in Virginia, while Jeffrey Scott Easley, 32, was in police custody in San Francisco, Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said at a news conference.

The two hadn't been seen since Dec. 3, when they were captured on store surveillance video at a Walmart in Salem, about five miles from Roanoke.

The girl's mother and Easley's girlfriend, Tina Smith, was found dead on Monday their home in southwestern Virginia. The cause of death has not been released but police consider it a homicide.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40612712/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

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I'm so glad they found the 12-year old girl, and she's safe.

[elocs]

1. Yes, I read it here yesterday afternoon. Good news, but she will need a lot of help.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9754980

[Haole Girl]

2. Whoops, I noticed the date after posting it

I'll ask the mods to merge or move this. Thanks.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. I have a feeling that this is not going to turn out well for

either the boyfriend or the girl...

[Bobbieo]

4. Got the same feeling.