Officials say missing Michigan teen found in closet likely ran away from foster care from her mother.

A mother “helped” her 14-year-old daughter leave her foster home when the girl went missing for a year, officials said.

A pregnant teenage girl was found in Michigan this week, officials said on Friday. A group of fugitive US Marshals found a teenager missing on September 3, 2021 in a restroom around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Port Huron, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Watson.

When the girl was placed in foster care in 2021, the mother’s custody had just been terminated and the state was trying to establish custody of the girl’s father when she went missing, Watson said.

“Mother helped her leave her foster home” before they “jumped” home in Detroit, Port Huron, Mount Clemens and possibly other nearby areas, Watson said.

When she was found this week, Watson said she was “visibly pregnant” and taken to the hospital for examination.

The identity of the person from whom the girl became pregnant is being established. The age of consent in Michigan is 16.

“They are investigating both of these issues, parental abduction, as well as potential criminal sexual behavior,” said St. Clair County Attorney Michael Wendling.

Anyone who willfully helped a mother illegally support her daughter could also be at risk of prosecution.

MPs visited several homes throughout 2022 where the missing girl was likely on the other side of the doors, according to public reports, St. Clair Sheriff Mat King said.

“We checked countless clues and leads and thought several times that a minor was in the house, but we were denied access because we didn’t have enough information for a search warrant,” King said.

“These subjects knew that the police were looking for a minor, and they did not inform us when we contacted. They knew the minor was in danger, and yes, they could consider the charges.”

The girl is now with her father in St. Clair County, officials said.

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