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A 13-year-old Arizona girl who disappeared nearly 32 years ago has been found alive, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

The disappearance of Christina Marie Plante from Star Valley, a small community in a mountainous area northeast of Phoenix, in 1994 sparked an extensive search that included volunteers, the sheriff’s office said.

Although the case went cold, it was never closed, and it was periodically re-reviewed, the sheriff’s office said. It was assigned to a cold case unit after the unit was formed.

“Utilizing advances in technology, modern investigative techniques, and detailed case review, detectives developed new leads that ultimately led to a breakthrough,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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Investigators said that she was last seen leaving her home on foot to go to the stable where her horse was, and “was not seen again”.

At the time, her disappearance prompted an extensive search effort involving local law enforcement, volunteers and regional resources. But despite “exhaustive ground searches, interviews, and investigative follow-up, no viable leads were developed”, the sheriff’s office said.

Plante was entered into national missing children databases, and missing person flyers were distributed locally, statewide and across the country.