A missing 15-year-old girl from the Crow Reservation last seen on Monday has been found safe.
Mya Madplume was found safe Wednesday evening, two days after she went missing, according to a press release from the FBI.
Madplume was last seen leaving her guardian's residence on the Crow Reservation on Monday. On Tuesday evening the Montana Department of Justice issued a MEPA, or missing endangered person advisory.Â
The FBI does not specify where Madplume was found on Wednesday evening. She was "determined safe," according to the release.
The earlier advisory had said it was believed Madplume might have been heading to Spokane, Washington.
In the release, the FBI thanked several local law enforcement agencies, including the Crow Bureau of Indian Affairs social services and Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services, and federal missing person's specialist Ernie Weyand for the quick response to the missing girl.Â
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