Kidnapped California girl, 11, found in North Carolina after 5 years

A California girl who was kidnapped in 2020 has been found all the way across the country, enrolled in school under an alias.

Karen Rojas, now 11, was found in Washington County, North Carolina, authorities said. She had been kidnapped on June 2, 2020, according to investigators.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services notified Washington County law enforcement that she may be in the state, ABC7 reported.

“These are very rare occurrences, to have such a positive outcome on such an old case as this, but it reminds us that through hard work, dedication, and cooperation, stories with positive outcomes like these can happen,” the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.

Because she is a minor, not much information is available about her, aside from the fact that she was taken into protective custody.

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