A 12-year-old Virginia girl who went missing after her mother was murdered was found alive nearly 3,000 miles away from home on Friday.
The miraculous discovery was made after Brittany Mae Smith and her alleged kidnapper were recognized in a store by a shopper in San Francisco.
Brittany was found unharmed and taken to a shelter, and the man accused in the abduction, Jeffrey Scott Easley, 32, was taken into police custody, authorities said.
Virginia police feared the worst on Monday when they found the body of Brittany's mother and Easley's girlfriend, Tina Smith, 41. Brittany was nowhere to be seen.
Brittany and Easley were later spotted on a surveillance video buying a blue tent at a Walmart near Smith's home in Virginia, possibly on the day of the murder.
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