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McCook, Nebraska – Unified efforts of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies found 15-year-old Kuwait National Eman Mohammed Alsayegh in McCook, Tuesday evening.The Osceola County Florida Sheriff’s Office contacted the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for assistance as it was thought the girl may be in the North Platte area.

Investigation by the LCSO, in cooperation with the Kuwait Embassy in Washington D.C., found leads in Omaha and McCook.

LCSO had been working closely with the North Platte office of the FBI, the Omaha Police Department and had contacted the McCook Police Department for assistance as well.

Leads that developed in McCook found Eman living with a 16-year-old McCook resident and his mother. FBI Agents and McCook PD interviewed the McCook residents and found no evidence of foul play.

Eman met the young man in an Internet chat room, which progressed to personal e-mails, and eventually telephone calls.

Eman rode a bus from Florida to Omaha and had made arrangements with the boy to pick her up in Omaha. Eman had been staying with the McCook family for about a week; a family relative saw a missing person flyer with Eman’s photo and notified the family who then called the McCook Police Department.

The Red Willow County Sheriff’s Office transported Eman to a secure juvenile holding facility where she is waiting to be reunited with her mother and siblings.

Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer is thankful this incident ended well.

“We are all lucky that Eman was not enticed to Nebraska by a Child Predator. This incident appears to be relatively innocent and the young girl will be returned to her family as quickly as possible” said Sheriff Kramer.

“Young adults and parents must exercise extreme caution when communicating on the Internet and should refrain from talking to strangers. You never know where the World Wide Web will take you or who it will hook you up with,” he said.

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