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Missing 15-Year-Old Mission Viejo Girl With Cerebral Palsy Found With Texas Man In LA Motel

MISSION VIEJO (CBSLA) — Authorities located a 15-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who had gone missing after communicating with a man on the messaging application Discord.

The teen went missing from Mission Viejo High School at about noon Thursday, after getting into a rideshare vehicle with a 22-year-old Nathan Williams whom she met online, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators discovered she had been communicating via Discord with the Williams, who traveled from Texas just to meet her.

She has cerebral palsy and walks with a distinctive gait that authorities described as pigeon-toe from left to right.

Orange County sheriff's investigators located the teen in a Los Angeles motel with Williams.

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