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Alicia Navarro tells investigators ‘nobody hurt me’ in mysterious reappearance as police deny arrest rumours
Alicia Navarro tells investigators ‘nobody hurt me’ in mysterious reappearance as police deny arrest rumours
A missing Arizona teenager who mysteriously turned up at a Montana police station four years after her disappearance has told police that she was not harmed, according to a video released by police. Alicia Navarro, 18, stunned officers in the small town of Havre, 40 miles from the Canadian border, when she showed up alone on Sunday and identified herself as a missing teenager from the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. Nearly a week on from her reappearance, very little is known about where the teenager has been, or if any suspects have been identified. In a newly released video interview, a Glendale detective asks Ms Navarro: “Did anybody hurt you in any way?” “No, no one hurt me,” she replied. The detective then asks: “OK, because our goal is we just want to make sure that you’re safe.” “I don’t, I don’t, ummm... I understand that,” she responds. In a separate video, Ms Navarro thanks police. “Thank you for offering help to me,” she says. Ms Navarro disappeared from her Glendale home in September 2019 at the age of 14, sparking a vast search operation involving police, the FBI and the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Her mother Jessica Nuñez has previously said the teenager was on the autism spectrum, which made her shy in some social situations, and that she had left a note in her bedroom saying she had run away. “I will be back. I swear. I’m sorry,” she wrote in a note days before her 15th birthday, before taking her laptop and phone and hopping over a backyard fence. A private investigator hired by the family told the New York Post Ms Navarro had only spoken briefly to her mother. Trent Steel told the Post the family was thrilled she had been found safe, but that the teenager had “not made her intentions clear”. Glendale police Lt Scott Waite said this week that investigators were looking into all possible explanations for her disappearance, including kidnapping. Mr Waite described the teenager’s reunion with her mother as “emotionally overwhelming”. Ms Navarro reportedly apologised for “what she has put her mother through.” Ms Nuñez previously told 12News that she believed her daughter had been lured away by a predator. In a video posted to her Facebook account on Wednesday, Ms Nuñez told her thousands of followers: “I want to give glory to God for answering prayers and for this miracle.” In a statement released on Friday through the Anti-Predator Project, her family thanked law enforcement, activists and the media. “It is a blessing that after being missing for so long Alicia can come back home,” the statement reads. “If there is anything that Alicia’s story has taught us is that you can never give up hope.” According to the Associated Press, a man living in an apartment a few blocks from the Havre police station was arrested on Wednesday night. Witnesses told the AP that 10 heavily armed uniformed and undercover officers arrived at the address at about 8pm and took a suspect away in handcuffs. On Friday, Glendale police denied that there have been any arrests in connection with Ms Navarro’s disappearance. Read More Mystery as teenager walks into Montana police precinct four years after she went missing in Arizona Mother says daughter’s return after four years brings hope to all parents of missing children
2023-07-29 02:46
How Jason Mraz's ex-wife helped singer find ‘new acceptance’ for his sexuality after complicated divorce
How Jason Mraz's ex-wife helped singer find ‘new acceptance’ for his sexuality after complicated divorce
Jason Mraz believes he owes his open and proud sexual orientation to his ex-wife
2023-11-16 21:19
Ecuador says 57 guards and police officers are released after being held hostage in several prisons
Ecuador says 57 guards and police officers are released after being held hostage in several prisons
Ecuadorian authorities say 50 guards and seven police officers were released more than a day after they were taken hostages in different prisons, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country
2023-09-02 07:24
Why Finland is blaming Russia for a sudden influx of migrants on its eastern border
Why Finland is blaming Russia for a sudden influx of migrants on its eastern border
Russia threatened retaliation against Finland after its Nordic neighbor joined NATO earlier this year
2023-11-26 00:29
US opens way for nuclear investment in energy-hungry Philippines
US opens way for nuclear investment in energy-hungry Philippines
The United States on Thursday signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with the Philippines, clearing a path for US investment to jumpstart atomic power in a country...
2023-11-17 12:45
Goldman Adds to Calls on Overvalued Mexico Peso After Rally
Goldman Adds to Calls on Overvalued Mexico Peso After Rally
The Mexican peso is looking increasingly overvalued, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc, after a stunning rally that
2023-06-22 22:53
Undated video of Taylor Swift panting heavily during show has fans concerned for icon's health amid grueling tour
Undated video of Taylor Swift panting heavily during show has fans concerned for icon's health amid grueling tour
Taylor Swift recently announced on her Instagram story that her second concert in Rio de Janeiro, scheduled for Saturday night, has been postponed due to intense temperatures
2023-11-19 19:49
Cuomo could have run again for NY governor, but declined for family reasons, former top aide writes
Cuomo could have run again for NY governor, but declined for family reasons, former top aide writes
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide during the onset of the pandemic and the sexual harassment scandal that forced Cuomo from office in 2021 has written a memoir
2023-10-24 06:51
West Bank: Two Israelis killed in suspected Palestinian shooting near Huwara
West Bank: Two Israelis killed in suspected Palestinian shooting near Huwara
The Israeli military has set up blockades near the village of Huwara and is hunting for the gunman.
2023-08-19 23:53
Dixie and Charli D'Amelio: 5 important business lessons to learn from TikTok stars and sisters
Dixie and Charli D'Amelio: 5 important business lessons to learn from TikTok stars and sisters
5 business lessons that you can learn from famous D'Amelio Sisters, keep reading to know more
2023-06-04 13:56
Who was Rebecca Bliefnick? Ex-‘Family Feud’ contestant Tim Bliefnick gets life in prison for fatally shooting estranged wife
Who was Rebecca Bliefnick? Ex-‘Family Feud’ contestant Tim Bliefnick gets life in prison for fatally shooting estranged wife
Former ‘Family Feud’ contestant Tim Bliefnick who joked he regretted marrying his wife Rebecca gets three life imprisonments for murdering her
2023-08-12 16:19
Texas Senate votes to bar Sen. Angela Paxton from voting in husband's impeachment trial
Texas Senate votes to bar Sen. Angela Paxton from voting in husband's impeachment trial
State Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, will no longer be allowed to vote in her husband's upcoming impeachment proceedings as a result of new rules the state Senate approved Wednesday night.
2023-06-22 19:57