Missing teen thought to be in Washington found safe over a year later
Daphne Westbrook was found in southern Alabama after going missing in October of 2019. Investigators say she was held against her will by her father.
Credit: Hamilton County DA s Office
Daphne Westbrook and her dad John Oliver Westbrook Author: Associated Press, KING 5 Staff Published: 2:00 PM PDT May 28, 2021 Updated: 2:00 PM PDT May 28, 2021
SAMSON, Ala. A now 18-year-old who investigators have been looking for since October 2019 was found safe in Samson, Alabama.
Authorities believed Daphne Westbrook could have been in Washington state as her father, and kidnapper has family ties to Auburn.
Missing Tennessee girl, 18, allegedly kidnapped by father in 2019 found safe; likely hidden for some time in Colorado
Authorities still searching for father
Hamilton County, Tennessee District Attorney s Offic
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A missing 18-year-old girl out of Tennessee who was allegedly kidnapped by her father, and likely hidden for some time in Colorado, has been found safe.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Friday morning that Daphne Westbrook, 18, was found safe in Samson in south Alabama â about 10 miles north of the Alabama-Florida state line â around 1:30 a.m. on Friday. She was pulled over for a traffic violation, according to Denver7 s sister station ABC15 in Florida. According to the local district attorney s office, her father and alleged kidnapper, John Oliver Westbrook, let Daphne go and was sending her to his sister s home in Sebring, Florida, ABC15 reported. The district attorney s office previously said the sister w
Amber Alert canceled for Daphne Westbrook after teen found safe in Alabama
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Daphne Westbrook, the Tennessee teenager who was allegedly kidnapped by her father back in 2019, has been found safe and the Amber Alert has been canceled.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the now-18-year-old was located in Samson, Alabama, a very small town a few miles north of the Florida border.
Daphne was kidnapped back in October 2019 by her father, 42-year-old John Oliver Westbrook, and officials believe he had been keeping her drugged or otherwise subdued ever since.
Investigators ratcheted up efforts to find them after Daphne managed to send a message to a friend back in March to say she was considering self-harm.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Sunday issued an Endangered Child Alert for Hamilton County teen Daphne Westbrook, who has been missing since Oct. 2019.
Westbrook and her two dogs did not return from a weekend visit with her non-custodial father John Oliver Westbrook on Oct. 7, 2019.
Daphne, a now-18-year-old white female with brown hair and brown eyes, may be with John Westbrook, a 42-year-old white male.
John Westbrook is wanted by the Hamilton County Sheriff s Office on allegations of aggravated kidnapping and custodial interference, according to a TBI tweet.
Authorities believe John Westbrook may have traveled to the western United States with Daphne. He has contacts in Colorado, New Mexico, California and Washington, though the pair could be anywhere, according to TBI.