Found Alive AZ - Christina Marie Plante, 13, missing from Star Valley since May 1994, Found Alive in March 2026

[mjm076]

I just saw this pop up from the NCMEC Facebook page while scrolling! Wow!

Like many here, I have so many questions, but we may never get those answers, which is understandable.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

If a 13 year old romantically eloped and bore their paramour no ill will it would be very understandable that they would not want to reveal the details of their disappearance even 30+ years later.

A 13-year-old can't romantically elope. They are too young to consent. They might be manipulated by an adult into thinking that's what's happening but it's actually a serious crime, no matter how much time has passed, no matter what they believe as an adult.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I am very glad she's alive and well. Why didn't her case make it into NamUs, is my biggest question.

A 13-year-old disappeared in 1994, and it's said police and her family had no idea what happened, so the case should have remained open and in the national database, in my opinion. (Unless it was there for LE but hidden from the public, which I believe some cases are.). My opinions only

 

[getthefax]

I have questions also. Not sure how if would effect her privacy knowing why a 13 yo disappears and is reported missing allegedly and there's no namus or mention of searches over time. It's awesome that she is alive but a 13 yo going missing seems to be treated like no big deal

She may have run away from her family and does not want to rehash old wounds. I am so curious as well, but I can also understand why someone might not want to drag old stories out into the light if one has moved on.

 

[Betty P]

She may have run away from her family and does not want to rehash old wounds. I am so curious as well, but I can also understand why someone might not want to drag old stories out into the light if one has moved on.

At 13 years old, she had to have been taken in by someone who took care of her, hid her from her parents and police, etc. That's criminal behavior. She's a minor. Someone broke the law.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/girl-missing-1994-left-on-purpose/

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Capt. Jamie Garrett, who contacted the 44-year-old woman to confirm her identity, said she was surprised to learn that Plante left on purpose, with the assistance of others.

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“I guess she wasn’t happy with where she was living and who she was living with, and she ran away,” Garrett told “Jesse Weber Live” on Thursday.

“I was dumbfounded,” the cold case investigator added. “I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh. Okay, so you ran away.’ I told her … ‘You know, we were under the impression that somebody kidnapped you. It was deemed a criminal offense.’”

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Garrett said she recently zeroed in on an adult she suspected might be Plante and reached out to them by phone.

Now living under a different name, Plante acknowledged her identity, Garrett said, but offered few details beyond saying she left voluntarily with the aid of family members with whom she had been communicating.

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[GravityHurts]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/girl-missing-1994-left-on-purpose/

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Capt. Jamie Garrett, who contacted the 44-year-old woman to confirm her identity, said she was surprised to learn that Plante left on purpose, with the assistance of others.

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“I guess she wasn’t happy with where she was living and who she was living with, and she ran away,” Garrett told “Jesse Weber Live” on Thursday.

“I was dumbfounded,” the cold case investigator added. “I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh. Okay, so you ran away.’ I told her … ‘You know, we were under the impression that somebody kidnapped you. It was deemed a criminal offense.’”

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Garrett said she recently zeroed in on an adult she suspected might be Plante and reached out to them by phone.

Now living under a different name, Plante acknowledged her identity, Garrett said, but offered few details beyond saying she left voluntarily with the aid of family members with whom she had been communicating.

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If she got help from family members, maybe it was a custody dispute, or she was trying to escape an abusive situation?