"She was crying," Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Watson told the Detroit Free Press. "She didn’t know where she was going to go. She was pretty terrified. And she was afraid of losing her baby."
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A missing Michigan girl was found in the closet of a home. She had been missing for over a year when she was found.
Authorities are pursuing parental kidnapping charges against the girl’s biological mother, who previously lost custody of her daughter, Watson said.
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The mother is believed to have found the girl after she ran away and started moving the girl from house to house, authorities said. The girl has been reunited with her biological father.
State police contacted Watson on Tuesday seeking help in locating the girl. Tips led authorities to the home.
"The occupants refused us entry, wouldn’t talk to us or give us any information," he told The Detroit News. "We ended up having to serve a search warrant to get inside."