A 17-year-old French girl who disappeared while jogging, triggering a mass search and kidnapping investigation, was reunited with her family Wednesday, a day after being found in a takeaway restaurant.<\/p>\n
Some 200 police officers were deployed in the search for the teen, who went missing on Monday afternoon while jogging in a forest in the Mayenne region of northwest France.<\/p>\n
After more than 24 hours she was found in a takeaway in the town of Sable-sur-Sarthe, about 10 kilometres (sux miles) away, where the mayor described her as being in a state of severe shock.<\/p>\n
France Bleu public radio reported that she had taken refuge in the restaurant after telling the owner she had escaped from a gang of kidnappers who snatched her in the forest.<\/p>\n
She was taken to hospital for tests and later questioned by police.<\/p>\n
The public prosecutor in charge of the investigation gave no details about the circumstances of the girls disappearance, saying only that police were trying to establish a timeline of events based on her statements.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Celine Maigne added that no-one had been arrested in connection with her disappearance. A man who was taken into custody on Monday night has been cleared of suspicion, Maigne revealed.<\/p>\n
Several news outlets reported that the man had called the police several times to try to obtain information about the case, sparking their suspicion.<\/p>\n
The girls parents raised the alarm on Monday evening when she failed to return from her regular afternoon jog.<\/p>\n
Investigators used data from her running app which showed that her workout had stopped abruptly at a fork in the woods in Bellebranche forest.<\/p>\n
Her father searched the area where she went running and found some of her personal effects.<\/p>\n
Maigne said on Tuesday that no line of investigation was being ruled out.<\/p>\n
She described the girl as perfectly focused, cared-for, sporty.<\/p>\n
France Bleu said that her telephone and earphones had been found with traces of blood on them.<\/p>\n
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