Everything you need to know about the missing woman found after 32 years

In one Facebook statementthe Gila County Sheriff’s Office announced that Plante’s case was officially closed after the missing teen, now an adult, was located.

Captain Jamie Garrett contacted the woman to confirm her identity and later learned that Plante had left on purpose and with the help of others.

“I was stunned,” the cold case investigator further shared Jesse Weber Live on April 2. “I was like, ‘Oh my God. OK, so you ran away.’ I said to her… ‘You know, we had the impression that someone had kidnapped you. It was considered a criminal offense. ”

He surmised, “I guess she wasn’t happy with where she was living and who she was living with, and she ran away.”

Plante reportedly said that what happened was “a long time ago” and “an old lifetime.”

‘She’s grown up. She has her family now. She doesn’t even think about that,” Garrett continued.

Technological advances and new investigative techniques reportedly helped authorities locate Plante.

Chief Deputy James Lahti expressed a similar sentiment in an interview with NBC Newssaying they didn’t know where Plante was and that they were ‘impressed’ she had been kidnapped.”

“We are still investigating what happened, and as new information emerges, we will provide updates,” Lahti noted.

Meanwhile, Hudgens said Plante’s father had custody of her. However, she wanted to live with her mother.

“It was a custody battle,” he added.