GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alicia Navarro, who disappeared at 14 from her Glendale home in 2019, was been reunited with her mother, Jessica Nuñez, on Wednesday.
Nuñez released a video statement on the Anti-Predator Project Instagram page.
"This has been a very difficult journey, but it has a happy ending. Today my family is complete again," Nuñez said in the video.
"I hope that my daughter's case will provide hope for those families with missing loved ones and serve as a reminder to everyone that miracles do happen. The holidays in our home this year will be very special for many reasons, but none of it would have been possible without the support of all of you," she said.
Nuñez stated that, with the close of Navarro's case, she will no longer be holding interviews or posting updates on her daughter on social media. She instead asked for privacy to heal.
Nuñez thanked the Glendale Police Department and Anti-Predator Project for helping to bring Navarro home.
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Edmund Davis, the 36-year-old man Navarro was with in Montana, was arrested on Monday, Oct. 24, after Glendale Police and Montana investigators found over 80 images that included children being sexually abused and exploited, some who were younger than 5 years old, according to Montana arresting court documents.
It's still unclear how Navarro, now 19 years old, came to be living with Davis in Montana. Court documents do not specify that Navarro was depicted in any of the explicit material found in Davis's cell phone.
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