Amber Alert canceled: 13-year-old girl found safe in Brooklyn after abduction in Pennsylvania

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) -- A 13-year-old girl who was abducted in Pennsylvania was found safe in Brooklyn Wednesday night, according to police.

Officers responded to a call for a 13-year-old girl not wearing any shoes and found that it was Janae Kalia-Henry, a missing girl from Reading.

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She was located at Glenmore Avenue in East New York.

the search for Kalia-Henry prompted an Amber Alert Wednesday.
Police believe the she was abducted by an unknown man who was traveling in a silver Chevrolet Traverse with a PA registration.

Kalia-Henry was last seen in the area of Schuylkill Avenue in Reading City at about 2 a.m. Wednesday.

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Further details on her disappearance were not immediately known.



A tip led police to believe that the man, who allegedly abducted the 13-year-old girl, could be in New York.
Girl, 13, found safe in NYC after abduction in Reading


A 47-year-old suspect was taken into custody in Brooklyn after the girl was located.

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He faces charge including: kidnapping, burglary, and aggravated assault among others.



The relationship between the two remains unknown.

The girl is on her way home to be reunited with family.
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