A frantic police search found a pair of young girls Monday morning after they were abducted from western Georgia a day earlier, prompting authorities to warn that they were in “extreme danger.”
The alarm was raised after Kylie Horne, 11, and Kylann Harper, 4, went missing from a Burger King in Columbus, Ga., at 11:52 a.m. Sunday.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said the girl was last seen with Mikaela Harrell, a 49-year-old woman with a previous drug conviction. His relationship with the girls remains unknown.
Also identified as a person of interest is Kaila Spiers, who was identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as the child’s mother, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
A statement released Monday by the Columbus Police Department read: “As of Monday, October 16, 2023 at approximately 11:30 a.m., both children were located in the South Georgia area and are safe.
“Investigations are ongoing, and charges may be laid against those involved in the abduction.”
Kylie Horne, 11, and Kylann Harper, 4, are believed to have been kidnapped from a Burger King in Columbus, Ga., Sunday morning. Facebook/Burden-of-Proof
Mikaela Harrell, 49, and Kaila Spiers, 39, believed to be the mother of the missing girl, have been named as persons of interest in the abduction.
A later release from the same police department confirmed Spiers was the child’s mother and was taken into custody.
They also said he will be extradited to Columbus in the near future and after that a court date will be decided.
Public records show Harrell is a resident of Ocilla, Ga., with at least two convictions for possession of methamphetamine on his record, including a felony possession charge in which he was caught with between 28 and 199 grams of the narcotic.
Harrell served nine years on parole between August 2007 and August 2016. He is not believed to have been charged in connection with the abduction.
Spiers has at least one prior felony conviction, a burglary charge that includes residential burglary, according to corrections department records.
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