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MURPHY, N.C. — Authorities say a missing 5-year-old-old girl whose father hadn't seen her since she was a baby has been found in North Carolina, and her mother is charged in Missouri with abducting her.
The U.S. Marshals Task Force said in a news release that 25-year-old Jillanne Pagano was taken into custody Wednesday in Murphy, North Carolina, after she was seen leaving a home with the child. She is awaiting extradition to Missouri, where she was charged last year with felony child abduction.
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(Jillanne Pagano)
Posters distributed online last year by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said the girl went missing as a baby from Rocheport, Missouri.
Charging documents say the child's father hadn't seen his daughter since August 2013. He was granted custody in December 2016.
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