Missing 12-Year-Old Girl Located in Georgia

GAINESVILLE, GA — Brooklyn Smith, the 12-year-old girl who was missing for more than a week and believed to be in danger, was located Sunday and is safe.

The Hall County Sheriff's Office reports that on Sunday an anonymous caller tipped off law enforcement in Spalding County, Georgia, with a possible location for the girl.

Law enforcement located Brooklyn, her father, Stephen Keith Spires, and his girlfriend, Carmen Clay.

Spires and Clay were taken into custody by the Spalding County Sheriff's Office.

Brooklyn was taken into protective custody by Hall County Department of Family and Children Services and is now back in Hall County, according to the sheriff's office.

The case remains under investigation, deputies said.

An AMBER alert was issued for Brooklyn on Friday, July 29, with authorities saying she was believed to be in extreme danger.

Later, authorities said she was believed to be with Spires, 31, her biological father, and Clay, 19. Spires had an active warrant for tampering with custody.

Last Monday, sheriff's deputies said Brooklyn called her mother from a blocked telephone number and "told her mother that she is with friends and she is OK."

She would later make similar phone calls to media outlets.

The three were reportedly seen in Cartersville, about an hour northwest of Atlanta, last Monday. Spalding County is just under an hour south of Atlanta.

Photos courtesy Hall County Sheriff's Office