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.
Amber Alert canceled for Daphne Westbrook after teen found safe in Alabama
By Fox 13 News staff
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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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