Arizona woman who went missing ‘without a trace’ 32 years ago found alive
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Arizona woman Christina Marie Plante, missing since May 1994 at age 13, has been found alive 32 years later.
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Christina Marie Plante, who disappeared from Star Valley, Arizona in May 1994 at age 13, has been found alive 32 years later, the Gila County Sheriff's Office announced this week. Plante had vanished without a trace from her community, becoming a long-unsolved missing persons case. The discovery marks a rare resolution to a decades-old disappearance that had gone cold for three decades. Authorities have not yet released details about where Plante was found or the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and reappearance.
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Authorities announced the discovery this week after the Gila County Sheriff's Office released a statement about her recovery.
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