Florida Amber Alert canceled for Tennesee teenager missing since 2019
Teen found driving in Alabama Friday morning
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
John Oliver Westbrook is still wanted for the kidnapping of his daughter Daphne Westbrook in October 2019 when she was 17. He faces 20 to 25 years behind bars. Daphne was found safe on Friday, May 28, 2021.
and last updated 2021-05-28 12:58:27-04
TAMPA, Fla. â A Florida Amber Alert issued for a Tennessee teenager missing since 2019 has been canceled because the girl has been found safe, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The Florida Amber Alert was issued for Daphne Westbrook, now 18 as of Sunday, in March after she and her father John Oliver Westbrook were last seen in the Florida Panhandle. Authorities say John has been indicted for kidnapping his daughter when she was 17 and holding her against her will.
Missing teen thought to be in Washington found safe over a year later
Daphne Westbrook was found in southern Alabama after going missing in October of 2019. Investigators say she was held against her will by her father.
Credit: Hamilton County DA s Office
Daphne Westbrook and her dad John Oliver Westbrook Author: Associated Press, KING 5 Staff Published: 2:00 PM PDT May 28, 2021 Updated: 2:00 PM PDT May 28, 2021
SAMSON, Ala. A now 18-year-old who investigators have been looking for since October 2019 was found safe in Samson, Alabama.
Authorities believed Daphne Westbrook could have been in Washington state as her father, and kidnapper has family ties to Auburn.
Missing Tennessee girl, 18, allegedly kidnapped by father in 2019 found safe; likely hidden for some time in Colorado
Authorities still searching for father
Hamilton County, Tennessee District Attorney s Offic
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A missing 18-year-old girl out of Tennessee who was allegedly kidnapped by her father, and likely hidden for some time in Colorado, has been found safe.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Friday morning that Daphne Westbrook, 18, was found safe in Samson in south Alabama â about 10 miles north of the Alabama-Florida state line â around 1:30 a.m. on Friday. She was pulled over for a traffic violation, according to Denver7 s sister station ABC15 in Florida. According to the local district attorney s office, her father and alleged kidnapper, John Oliver Westbrook, let Daphne go and was sending her to his sister s home in Sebring, Florida, ABC15 reported. The district attorney s office previously said the sister w