US Girl, 6, Missing Since 2019 Found Alive In Secret Room Under Stairs
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Paislee Shultis was reported missing in 2019 with officers at the time suspecting her biological parents, Kimberly and Kirk, of kidnapping her after losing custody.
A six-year-old girl missing for over two years has been found hidden in a "dark and wet" makeshift room under a staircase in rural New York state, US police said Wednesday.
Paislee Shultis was reported missing in 2019 with officers at the time suspecting her biological parents, Kimberly and Kirk, of kidnapping her after losing custody.
Following a tip the girl was being held in "a secret location" over 150 miles (240 km) from where she first disappeared, police obtained a search warrant for a house in the town of Spencer, New York.
"A little over an hour into the search of the residence, the child was located secreted in a makeshift room, under a closed staircase leading to the basement of the residence," a police statement read.