NEW YORK — A 14-year-old girl from New Jersey who disappeared nearly a month ago has been found safe in New York City, authorities said Thursday.
Jashyah Moore, who went missing after visiting a deli in East Orange on Oct. 14, is safe, acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II told WPIX. The girl was being “provided all appropriate services,” Stephens said.
Since Moore’s disappearance outside Poppie’s Deli, police in East Orange, the New Jersey State Police and the FBI have been involved in the search, NBC News reported.
Stephens told reporters that Moore would be returned to New Jersey shortly and has scheduled a news conference for Friday.
No additional information has been released, WABC reported.
“The family and our community is grateful she is safe and alive,” a spokesperson for the Moore family said in a statement. “We are thankful to everybody who put in the work to help find her.”
Moore’s mother, Jamie Moore, had kept up a vigil to find her daughter, WNBC reported. During a Tuesday night search party, Jamie Moore said, “I love you. I love you. If you see this, I’m looking for you, if I gotta die myself to find you.”
A reward of up to $20,000 had been offered by the Essex County Crime Stoppers program to help find the teen, WABC reported.