Oceanside
A 13-year-old girl who police believed had been kidnaped was found and returned to her family unharmed, police said Wednesday.
Maria Garcia was found in an Oceanside apartment Tuesday. She had been reported kidnaped Monday afternoon, Oceanside police said.
The girl was with Jose Luis Gonzalez Ruiz, 25, also of Oceanside, said Bob Burke, a police spokesman. Gonzalez Ruiz was arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment.
Witnesses told police Monday that the girl, who knew Gonzalez Ruiz, was forced into a car driven by him.
However, when police found the girl Tuesday night, she told police that she went with Gonzalez Ruiz voluntarily, Burke said.
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