Investigator's one-word take on reason girl found 32 years after disappearance

Investigator's one-word take on reason girl found 32 years after disappearanceChristina Marie Plante has been found aged 44 - a whole 32 years after she was reported missing - sheriffs confirmed this week after a cold case breakthrough was made in ArizonaNewsLiam Doyle16:54, 03 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesChristina Marie Plante has been found 32 years after she vanished(Image: Instagram)An investigator has offered a one-word take on the disappearance of a young girl who was found decades after she was declared missing.‌Christina Marie Plante was just 13 when "vanished without a trace from her community" in Star Valley, Arizona, and was reported missing in May 1994, and a major investigation, which turned into an unsolved case, followed.‌Investigators from the Gila County Sheriff's Office said in a statement released on Wednesday that she was last seen on foot leaving her home to a stable where her horse was.‌Christina "was not seen again", until this week, when police were able to get in contact with the now 44-year-old and confirm what happened to her.READ MORE: Shocking truth behind disappearance of Christina Plante - found after 32 yearsREAD MORE: Everything we know as Arizona girl who disappeared 32 years ago found aliveView 3 ImagesThe poster police shared after she was located(Image: Instagram)Gila county cold case investigators revealed this week that they had only recently been able to make contact with the missing person, and were left shocked to discover she had left home on purpose.‌Speaking to NewsNation’s “Jesse Weber Live” on Thursday, Captain Jamie Garrett said she was left "dumbfounded" and assumed Christina "wasn't happy with where she was living".Recounting the call with the formerly missing woman, she said: "I guess she wasn’t happy with where she was living and who she was living with and she ran away."I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh. Okay, so you ran away.’ I told her … ‘You know, we were under...