Truth about Arizona girl found alive decades after vanishing leaves investigator ‘dumbfounded’: report

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Grace's fiancé was murdered in 1979, and she told Sean Hannity on the new "Hang out With Sean Hannity" podcast that Savannah Guthrie's first televised interview since her mother's abduction made her want to howl in pain all over again. An Arizona girl whose 1994 disappearance was long treated as a possible abduction was found alive more than three decades later, and investigators now say she left voluntarily. The Gila County Sheriff’s Office confirmed this week that Christina "Tina" Marie Plante, who vanished from Star Valley at age 13, has been located alive at 44, bringing a decades-old case to a close. But new details shared by a lead investigator are shifting the narrative behind her disappearance. Capt. Jamie Garrett, a cold case investigator who ultimately identified and contacted Plante, said she was surprised to learn the teen had run away ra