Sabrina Allen found 12 years after being kidnapped I FOX 7 Austin

was

kidnapped

when she was 5 now 12

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later after a secret rescue mission in Mexico Sabrina Allen is back in the United States it's a story Fox 7 has been covering since the beginning fox7 Rudy Kosy was the first to come clean news this morning joining us now Rudy mik Christine Sabrina's father, Greg Allen, said he received the news about her rescue yesterday while sitting in a dental chair cleaning his teeth. This afternoon he was all smiles, although he has not yet met the boy. that she lost so long ago it has been 12

years

since Sabrina Allen was

kidnapped

Wednesday afternoon Federal and local authorities announced that the search for her is finally over today is a new day A new beginning those words did not go unnoticed by the father of Greg Allen Sabrina this has been a long road, uh, what ended up happening is we were lucky that a room was ready for Sabrina at Greg Allen's house in northwest Austin, but over the years it's been through some changes, like his daughter.

These representations show what the cute 5-year-old girl is like. Now a 17-year-old, a father-daughter reunion hasn't happened yet, but when it does, Greg says he'll start with a simple request. I'm going to ask him if I can give him a hug. She's in pretty bad shape. Greg's realization of his nightmare began in 2002, when his ex-wife Dar Lawrence failed to return from a court-ordered visit to Sabrina. Several rescue attempts were made over the years and despite all the failures, Greg refused to give up hope the last one. The weeks have been a big roller coaster, you know?

Are they going to escape again? They've run away so many times, but they didn't run away and we're here, so now we're really focused on what's next. Then, Special Operation was launched about 4 weeks ago when investigators received a tip and that tip led authorities to a small apartment where Sabrina and her mother lived. The secret Rescue Mission took place in a town southeast of Mexico City on Tuesday morning after Sabrina. and dar were on a commercial flight bound for Houston in a phone interview one of the team leaders Philip Klein described the trip home there were a lot of tears last night uh in many places uh every time you have a fugitive who's been on the run with a girl For 12 years, uh, I think the emotions finally let loose.

Dar Lawrence is charged with aggravated kidnapping and was booked into the Travis County Jail. Sabrina has been taken to a special facility to help her adjust to her new life. It is not expected to be easy. transition, I understand that she has been subjected to, you know, intense parental alienation and we have a long road ahead of us, but for the first time in over a decade it will be a journey undertaken as a family. Since then, Greg has remarried and other children who have never met their older sister and he tells me that they can't understand why she isn't home yet and why they can't see her and, like their father, they are desperate to see it, although there is no schedule, since when will that happen?

Ry, what else do we know about her life while she was in Mexico? Well, we asked Greg about that and he said that she understands that her mother and Sabrina spent most of their time in an apartment that she didn't have. She didn't go to school in her teens and we're not really sure what exactly they were doing, where she worked, who supported them and also as far as the capture, the FBI and Marshall's office were involved, who really caught her now. I understand that the FBI was there on the scene and also a special recovery team, a private investigation recovery team, but it was the Mexican police and the Mexican immigration agents who actually made the arrest.

I was also told that there was a brief struggle and a Mexican officer was injured but she is expected to recover from her injuries. Great story, thanks Rudy.