Girl Gone Missing, When The Police Found Her They Couldn't Believe Who Was With Her

girl gone missing when the police found her they couldn't believe who was with her [Music] what's more painful than losing your family a household in lebanon junction kentucky thought they lost their precious little one after she went missing for 36 hours it was the most distressing and agonizing hours of their life they were all over the place and they didn't know what to do they already called their neighbors for help and reported it to the authorities everyone was searching for the missing child thankfully after a long day and sleepless night she was found but it was not just the family who was shocked after seeing her alive and well she was not alone she came back and they could not believe who was with her charlie campbell was just a typical two-year-old baby girl living in lebanon junction kentucky with her grandmother like any other child she was enjoying childhood going around the house and running in their backyard she was not just loved by the whole family but the whole town it was just like any other ordinary day beth campbell little charlie's grandmother was relaxing in her house as she knew that her granddaughter was happily playing around outside with their dog penny but she panicked when she could not find charlie she was nowhere to be found as soon as beth realized that their precious little one was not around their house she went to her neighbors to ask if they saw charlie every time her neighbor shook their head and said no to her painful question have you seen charlie beth was getting more and more nervous beth could not help but think of the bad things that might happen to her beloved granddaughter when the neighborhood learned about the situation they joined beth in her search for the young girl the whole neighborhood was in distress searching for her as the sun started to set and the night sky was beginning to appear there was no clue as to where charlie was it seems that the word anxious would never be enough to describe what they were feeling at the time the most heartbroken was charlie's parents and family natalie quick her mother and lisa chesner her great-grandmother along with beth were truly heartbroken with the disappearance of their precious little one as night came the family neighborhood and local authorities did not stop searching for charlie or praying for her safety the search continued and before they knew it they were already two days into the hunt charlie's family worked along with the sheriff's office to locate her for almost two days looking for the little girl who as they believed had wandered off into the woods nearby many people became involved each had exerted a considerable amount of effort and time into the search in fact they even interviewed several family members thursday and friday during the search along with the fbi as scotty mcgaha of the bullitt county sheriff's office told insider fortunately the missing girl was not alone after all though the family was obviously in a catastrophic state the fact that the little girl was out there in the wilderness was hard to swallow only the local authorities went into the woods to search for her because they could not risk putting civilians in the same danger the sheriff together with the police and the firefighters went in and out of the woods several times still not giving up on finding charlie but they couldn't help but feel worried when they witnessed and experienced the danger of the wild themselves the local authorities could not deny that they thought about what may have already happened to the child the search crews and fbi agents spent hours thursday and friday in the heat and humidity the terrain was also rocky dangerous and full of snakes the police were all equipped and ready to go into the wild and try their luck again when suddenly one of the neighbors reported the news they've been waiting for charlie was finally found however she was not alone among all the concern the first sigh of relief came when the man who first found her wayne brown he recalled how he had been sitting on his sofa as he was praying for charlie's return it was then he saw a blonde-haired girl wandering in his backyard brown told the story to the police in detail describing the little girl's appearance when he saw her i seen the dirt all over her and she had leaves in her hair i opened the door and i said are you charlie and she handed me this bottle and i said are you charlie she didn't answer me she wouldn't say anything but he was also shocked to see that she was not the only one who emerged from the woods with charlie's disappearance beth and the whole family did not notice it was not just the child who went missing there was someone else who was missing and they hadn't noticed but when he emerged from the woods with charlie they couldn't have been more relieved to find that he was with her penny her dog was gone too for 36 hours and when charlie was found penny was with her and apparently was with her the whole time the family could not be more thankful that charlie was not alone in the woods when she was lost however little did everyone know that wayne brown had pain of his own too the news of charlie's return spread in the neighborhood and that she was accompanied by her brave pet the community couldn't help but be amazed with the dog's loyalty and courage all of them were praying for charlie's safety but no one really expected that the precious little angel would be able to find the way home again with her safe return everyone was deeply grateful for penny because she never left her side she was the hero of the town whenever they told me they had found charlie i was just outside myself i was just so happy beth emphasized still she put her faith in penny when my dog didn't come home and my baby wasn't home she was not going to leave that baby until she got here this is our hero right here the family could not help but cry in gratefulness for their little girl's guardian angels from penny who never left her side to mr brown who prayed for the child and found her first for quick it's unbearable to not be able to find your kid and even more unbearable when 100 people searching can't find her either but when little charlie had finally come home their happiness was unparalleled as well i can't even explain how happy that i am that this baby is home because i love her more than anything in this world granny campbell exclaimed some people thought that their reunion was never going to happen it was actually an emotional one with charlie's grandfather running to greet her with a stuffed animal at the bcso granny campbell on the other hand promised some extra treats for both charlie and penny mainly putting the hero pit bull on a diet of hamburgers it's a way of thanking her for staying with charlie the pain that charlie's family went through when she was missing is not something that any family would ever dream of she was out there all night last night i won't stop until she's found i don't care if the dogs have searched and no scent i don't care i'll look until she comes back or something her mother natalie quick said thankfully other people also aided in the search as bullitt county sheriff's office wrote in their facebook post we cannot thank enough the firefighters emts dispatchers search teams other public safety agencies and the volunteer searchers from the community bullitt county residents always step up to help each other hashtag charlie is safe we are bullitt county after the encounter with her neighbor charlie was transported to norton children's hospital in louisville as the sheriff has revealed she bore no obvious serious injuries nonetheless they emphasized that the girl did look dehydrated and had several tick bites on her skin charlie was immediately brought to the hospital for evaluation being wheeled inside on a stretcher and clutching a stuffed animal close to her chest the little girl showed no signs of any emotion but she was silent all the way from her first appearance on her neighbor's porch little charlie may have found her way home but the people involved still had a mystery to saul questions still linger despite charlie's return from her disappearance up to her comeback the circumstances are indeed full of mystery nonetheless brown maneuvered the tragedy on friday as he offered water to the lost girl and called 9-1-1 it might have ended the search but it hit close to home for him in yet another heartbreaking reason brown had just spent three hours searching for charlie on thursday and then on friday evening he discovered charlie right outside his house i'm convinced that god led her to our porch brown spoke of his encounter with charlie they've been everywhere they've been all over this place and how did they not find this child and she just shows up where the search has been how does this happen brown can't help but ask his own brother went missing at age three but unlike charlie the little boy didn't return home unfortunately he was later found drowned in a creek my little brother went missing he'd wandered away from the home and he had climbed three fences they found him miles away from the house it was actually my uncle that found him and he was dead mr brown recalled apparently his fate with charlie is somewhat ironic while the family was in deep pain the people around them also shared their grief even sheriff tinnell had his fair share of sympathy it was emotional for me we didn't give up hope but hope was going down for me the goodwill officer shared on friday afternoon charlie's mother expressed how having to deal with this is one of the hardest things she's ever had to do bullitt county sheriff however doesn't think that little charlie was missing in the woods alone for 32 hours on the other hand charlie's great grandmother tells that there's another side to the story it has been the most horrific thing my family's ever gone through the whole scenario of them taking her and hiding her and then the fbi shows up and then they drop her off in the woods that's ridiculous lisa cheshire charlie's great grandmother shared the whole family was happy they found their baby alive and well as if what they just went through wasn't enough they were given another nightmare to survive to see how my daughter and granddaughter are being painted by sheriff tinl is not fair cheshire added yet again they are faced with a new conflict while charlie's return is a huge triumph there are still people who just can't quite let the mysteries go the bullitt county sheriff's office went out to search for more answers on saturday sheriff downey tunnell showed up at brown's roy lane road property to do a foot search down the hill to charlie's house in hopes of finding tracks or scents by using dogs the bcso kept on digging for more merely seeing the lost girl was not enough for them especially with their very own experiences on the terrain where she was believed to have been come saturday morning charlie's family revealed that their little girl was still in the hospital thankfully the toddler was doing okay even sheriff tinnell expressed feelings of gratitude i'm just so happy she's safe and alive we're blessed she's healthy she was treated well in the hospital but charlie's overall form was not that good when the little girl arrived at the hospital she was still wearing the disney pajama top which was what her grandmother reported her missing in however she wasn't wearing any pants or a diaper this only sparked more intrigue for suspecting minds though he says he doesn't want to speculate sheriff donnie tinnell thinks that someone is definitely responsible for charlie's appearance and that person is close to her apparently the fact that the toddler lived with her grandparents seemed sketchy to him the little girl had scratches on her feet dirty feet and ticks on her she was in those woods for some period of time it didn't indicate to me she was in there for 36 hours my suspicion is there's a custody issue between mother and grandmother i suspect maybe there was something going on that we don't know about yet the sheriff revealed the other end of the dispute also expressed their side there's not a custody battle my granddaughter goes there every day with her baby and takes care of her great-grandmother cheshire spoke of charlie and her mother as the police officer came up with a hypothesis cheshire also came up with a theory of her own regarding what really happened to charlie she opened the door she had just learned how to do the deadbolt the day before as cheshire put it simply although that presumption is not entirely impossible there is still an important detail left from the whole picture even before charlie's disappearance her grandmother was battling a struggle of her own beth campbell charlie's grandmother and cheshire's daughter are battling addiction she even admitted to a recent relapse this detail might be a vital factor for the sheriff's accusations amidst all the trouble beth told sheriff tinnell that she was on the meth she didn't have to do that but she did cheshire said instead of the focus being on charlie's disappearance the random confession started unwarranted trouble nonetheless their angel is home now but with layers of mystery surrounding her still charlie was found at a neighbor's house shortly after penny arrived home according to law enforcement officials the house in question is several hundred yards up a wooded hill from her grandmother's home no matter how much they looked though the police officers knew something didn't add up i can't believe she survived it there's coyotes in them hills there are copperheads and rattlesnakes and ticks all the elements and somehow she came out in pretty good shape bullitt county sheriff donnie tunnell disclosed charlie's disappearance is sketchy enough but her survival despite deadly risks created more questions than there were before the amazing survival of little charlie is far from over in fact it continued tonight when she walked up on a porch on roy lane road this evening bullitt county sheriff's office wrote in a facebook post on friday the homeowners realized who she was and contacted authorities she has no obvious serious injuries but did appear dehydrated and had some tick bites the facebook post also stated having charlie back is excellent news not only for her family but for the people who have followed the news with them as well yet again there is still more to her story after wishing for charlie's safe return there's a new concern that the people around the little girl are hoping for for charlie to make a full recovery as soon as possible cheshire especially can't stop thanking god that her great granddaughter is safe she emphasized that charlie has a normal life and that she has people that adore her but my daughter definitely needs to get herself together and take care of herself cheshire added this might be a fact in the sheriff's plan for pursuing negligence charges in the case in the meantime charlie is in custody of child protective services sheriff tinnell was firm in his belief that the girl's disappearance is somewhat related to a custody dispute it was still unclear where charlie was while she was missing and whether she was outside in the woods the whole time the sheriff declared that the criminal investigation would continue and that child protective services will also be involved no criminal charges have been filed so far nonetheless charlie's family is relieved that their little girl has returned to them with the help of their new hero penny that alone is important for them after facing the possibility of them not being able to see their baby anymore