EDMUNDSON, Mo. — Police in South Dakota located a 16-year-old girl and the man who abducted her Wednesday afternoon.
The Edmundson Police Department issued an endangered person advisory Wednesday for a 16-year-old girl who was taken from her uncle's home by a man who is known to be physically violent. The man, 26-year-old Christopher Johnson, was taken into custody after crashing his car while fleeing police. The 16-year-old girl is safe.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol said they spotted the car at around 4 p.m. and began chasing it. Spike strips were deployed, but the man continued to flee.
Police backed off the chase when Johnson reached unsafe speeds, but police spotted the car crashed and empty in the small town of Kadoka moments later.
Police then used a helicopter and police dogs to search the area and found Johnson and the girl at around 4:30.
The FBI, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and local law enforcement all worked on the investigation.
Edmundson police said they originally responded for a report of a missing person on Sept. 23 and after further investigation determined it to be a child abduction on Sept. 24.