Jessy Bender News Today

A strange story. i know the police say that the girls parents sort of gave them some misleading information and now the people who searched for the teen are outraged. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, certainly is a fascinating story, norah. as you say, 13-year-old jesse bender found with a relative actually in that motel on wednesday. authorities say she is safe and sound but now her parents are under a microscope. >> reporter: it all started last tuesday when 13-year-old jessy bender disa...

Motel here in apple valley, 20 minutes from her house. police say, inside they found jessy with a family member. >> she shared that her mother and stepfather were taking her to pakistan and going to involve her in an arranged marriage. >> reporter: melissa and mohammed, jessys mother and stepfather, say thats not true, and claim they were not planning an arranged marriage in pakistan for jessy. >> we were not taking her there to get married at all. >> theres no arranged marriage. we were not pla...

That jessy was with a predator wasted time and resources. >> jessys mother definitely misled the investigators. >> reporter: even some family members are questioning melissa. >> i knew right away that something was fishy about this whole thing. >> reporter: melissa and mohammed stand by initial statements to police and say the joy of finding jessy is tempered by the uncertain future facing their family. >> im feeling happy that shes been found and she is safe and shes okay and good, and well, bu...