Connie McCallister, a Wisconsin teen who went missing nine years ago, was found living in Mexico with her husband and three kids. Police made the announcement that the woman had been found in Mexico on Thursday. In 2004, at the age of 16, Connie McCallister disappeared. She called her mother after a few days but would not tell her where she had gone. Now 25 years old, McCallister says in 2004 she was drugged at a party by her then boyfriend. The teen allegedly took McCallister to Mexico against her will and abused her during the course of their relationship.
After the relationship turned abusive McCallister left and married another man but never left Mexico. Judy Weis, a family friend spoke with Reuters saying McCallister wanted to go home but had no idea how to get there. "She has wanted to come home ever since, but it's a very impoverished area and she didn't have any idea where to start." In September McCallister was aided by a missionary who either recognized her as a missing woman or aided McCallister when she asked for help. The details of how the missionary became involved are unclear.
The missionary then contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as well as the police in Wausau, Wisconsin. Using Skype the police contacted McCallister in September who told them she wished to return to the United States and needed documentation for her three children. Going through the FBI McCallister was able to acquire the necessary paper work to return to the U.S. with her children. The 25-year-old is hopeful her husband will also be able to follow her family.
McCallister was able to Skype with her aunt who was overjoyed at the prospect of seeing her niece again. "We Skyped and I cried for an hour. Literally I cried. I saw her and it was her. I thank God every day," McCallister's aunt told ABC affiliate WAOW. "I just want to hug her. It will be ten years next August. That's a long time." "I felt tremendous relief," family friend Weiss also said. "We have a happy ending to our story, now we just have to get her back."
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