The 14-year-old Tennessee girl who disappeared from her home two weeks ago has been located in Wisconsin — and her adoptive father busted on a related rape charge, according to reports.
Savannah Lee Pruitt was found safe in a Madison home Thursday, according to news station WVLT-TV.
She left her Madisonville home earlier this month on her own free will because of a family situation, investigators told the outlet.
“She’s in good health,” Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones said. “She’s safe, she’s warm.”
It was unclear how Pruitt ended up in Wisconsin or her relationship to the homeowner.
Meanwhile, her adoptive father, Randall Pruitt, was arrested Thursday and charged with rape, local station WKRN reported.
Jones told that station that Pruitt’s arrest and his daughter’s disappearance are part of the same investigation, but he declined to go into details, citing the ongoing investigation.
“There’s a possibility of multiple charges with multiple people being involved,” Jones said. “That’s all we can say at this time.”
Earlier this week, Randall Pruitt described Savannah’s disappearance as “like having your soul ripped out of your body.”