A 14-year-old Colorado girl who went missing after leaving a football game with two mystery men has been found, 10 days after her disappearance.
Chloe Campbell was last seen leaving the high school football game on September 10, sparking an desperate search.
Authorities have confirmed she was found alive and well at a home in the Colorado city of Thornton around 5pm on Monday, local time, the New York Post reported.
Police believe the teen ran away, but are investigating where she was and what occurred while she was separated from her family.
Campbell will be medically examined, police said.
Earlier, Chloe’s parents said they had been sent a disturbing photo of her looking “injured and unwell” as they appealed for information about the whereabouts of their daughter, the New York Post reports.
“She was described by eyewitnesses as being with two men – older men, too old to be in high school,” her dad, David Campbell, told CBS News.
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Since then, the teen’s panicked parents have received a series of dubious messages claiming that their daughter was hiding out in Arizona – and possibly even dead, Boulder police confirmed.
Alarmingly, they were also sent a photo from an anonymous source that only raised their concerns for their daughter’s safety.
“She looked injured and unwell,” her dad told CBS, without elaborating on exactly what the image showed.
Apart from that, they have also been sent Snapchat messages claiming to be from their daughter, but originating from a handle that they “are not familiar with,” her dad said.
“It could be anybody,” he said.
Police also confirmed that they “have been unable to confirm if these messages are, in fact, from Chloe or true”. Investigators did not mention the concerning photo, however.
They said: “Investigators are growing increasingly concerned about the teen’s safety as it is believed that she has no access to money or her medication,” without detailing what the medication would be needed for.
“She may be with an adult male,” they said, listing her as missing and “at risk”.
Mr Campbell and his wife, Jessica Knape, feared their daughter may have been taken against her will and may even have been trafficked for sex.
They also held out hope that messages claiming the teen had run away from home could be true, begging her to come home.
“Chloe, honey, we love you so much. You are not in trouble,” her mum said.
“If you can come home, boy, just please do. And if you can’t, we will not stop until we find you,” she said.
This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission