After nearly six weeks of uncertainty and growing concern, 15-year-old Alisa Petrov from South Jordan, Utah, has been found safe. The teenager, who had been missing since April 21, shocked authorities and the public alike when she walked into the Colorado Springs Police Department on the evening of June 1 and identified herself.
Officials confirmed her identity and reported that she was in good physical condition, though the circumstances of her disappearance remain under investigation.
Petrov was last seen leaving her school in American Fork on April 21. Her disappearance sparked a massive search effort involving multiple agencies, and her family issued a $20,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.
Surveillance footage had previously captured her exiting a train platform in Provo, Utah, which was the last confirmed sighting before she resurfaced hundreds of miles away in Colorado.
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