Girl kidnapped by her mother was found after recognizing her in a Netflix series

US City of Asheville Police (North Carolina) managed to find a teenager who had been missing for six years, after being kidnapped by her mother, thanks to a call from a person who recognized her after hearing her case in a series of Netflix.

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Kahyla Unbehaunwho is now 15 years old, was in North Carolinaabout 600 miles (965 km) from his father’s home in Illinoiswho did not stop looking for her during all these years, published this Wednesday by CNN.

His case appeared in the last season of “Unsolved mysteries”a series of Netflix that says “true cases of puzzling disappearances, shocking murders and paranormal encounters”describes the platform.

Through a message on social networks, Netflix confirmed that the owner of a store in North Carolina recognized Kayla Unbehaun, who was kidnapped in 2017 by her mother without custody”, and called the Police. “A spectator of “Unsolved mysteries” has closed a case!”stated the platform.

Kayla she was 9 years old when she was kidnapped by her mother, Heather Unbehaunwho had lost custody, said the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

According to CNN, Kayla’s father, ryan iserkawas granted full custody in early 2017, while the mother was able to enjoy supervised visitation.

Kayla Unbehaun and her father at a sporting event. (Photo: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

However, when iserka He went to pick up the girl after one of the visits discovered that they had gone on a trip. July 28, 2017 an arrest warrant for kidnapping was issued for Unbehaun.

During these years Iserka carried out a campaign on social networks to try to locate the girl until last Saturday a man called the Police to say that I had seen it in a store and that he had recognized her after seeing her in the series.

Unbehaun was arrested the same Saturday and the already adolescent was handed over to her father, who through the social networks thanked the citizen participation and requested privacy for the “new beginning” What does the reunion mean?

Source: Elcomercio