Olivia Ambrose's Sister Thanks Everyone For Their Help

BOSTON — The twin sister of Olivia Ambrose, who was kidnapped over the weekend and held against her will in Charlestown, thanked everyone who played a role in this week's dramatic rescue.

“Hi Everyone! I want to thank you all for all the sharing and work you did to help Liv be found,” Franny Ambrose posted to Facebook.

She said she had started a Facebook group for anyone who wanted to send her sister good thoughts.

“[A]ll the words of love and encouragement are more than welcome!” she wrote. “If you have something you wish to tell Liv, let me know and I can add you to a FB group where I am gathering messages of love for her <3 <3”

Olivia Ambrose went missing Saturday, Jan. 19, after she walked out of a bar near Government Center. Surveillance video in the area caught glimpses of her interacting with two men and then being guided by one of them onto the T. Police used that evidence, along with a ping from her cell phone and Charlie Card information, to trace her to Charlestown, where she was found alive Tuesday afternoon in an apartment belonging to Victor Pena.

When she was found, Ambrose told police she was being held against her will and that Pena had taken away her cell phone.

The story gripped the city and made national headlines, and it spurred an outpouring of support from friends and strangers of the Ambrose family.

Folks used social media to spread the word about the missing 23-year-old and shared images of the woman as well as the man believed to have abducted her.

But now that she has been found and is home healing, Ambrose's sister requested that friends delete posts with images of her sister and of Pena.

"I do have one more huge favor to ask though. If possible if you could try to delete the FB posts relating to this (the posters, the pictures of the man etc) just so when Liv decides to return to FB she does not have to be consistently met with reminders. But all the words of love and encouragement are more than welcome!"

Pena was arrested and charged with kidnapping. He is undergoing mental evaluation before he returns to court.

Ambrose was taken to a hospital for evaluation and returned to her family home Wednesday.

Catch up here:

• Olivia Ambrose Details: Accused Kidnapper Gets Mental Evaluation
• Olivia Ambrose Found: Charlestown Man Charged With Kidnapping
• What Olivia Ambrose's Fateful Trip Looked Like
• Missing Woman, 23, Last Seen Leaving Boston Bar: Police, Family
• No Uber Human-Trafficking Ring: Cambridge Police

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