Missing girl found 6 years after disappearance l GMA

Kayla Unbehaun, who had been missing since 2017, was featured in Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries” and was recognized by a viewer in North Carolina.

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[rhythmtapper]

This is why it's important to continue to air these missing persons shows. You just never know! Grateful Kayla has been found alive.

[destinythomas]

Stories like this make you realize how many missing people are still alive out there. We gotta keep these missing persons shows on air. They bring people home. Congratulations to this young girls father for finally getting his daughter back safe and sound

[sarahs]

I wanna hear ALL sides of this story. Mom's version, Dad's version, and Kayla's version.

[kristyjean]

Tough for this girl to navigate all these emotions. I hope she remembers her dad and her mom did not tell her bad things about her dad. I hope they can heal their relationship.

[EW-uwdg]

👏💯🏆 To the store employee who recognized the girl and contacted authorities. Glad she was reunited with her father.

[krystalhristov]

My parents lost custody of me and my siblings and even though my dad was considered unfit, we ended up living with him and had family services check in multiple times a week. The other options was to split the 6 of us up into foster homes. The two older kids moved out on their own because they were over 16. I was the oldest of the 4 remaining kids. My dad took us one night to “dinner” and we ended up across the country in CO. It was technically a kidnapping though was a very complicated process to get us back to NJ due to my mom also not having custody. I was the oldest of the 4 kids who got taken and I ended up getting custody of them throughout my senior year of high school until my mom and step dad could prove they were fit again. We were in CO for about 3 years. It’s not usually as black and white to say who is fit or unfit because sometimes the state doesn’t know what to do with the kids and fostering isn’t always an easy option. Also none of our relatives wanted to take us. In the end all of us are happy we stayed together and we all live on our own as adults and have fairly good relationships with our parents and each other. I feel like we turned out pretty well all things considering.

[DaDi-slci]

There was a case similar to this with a French family. Father raped the daughter. Mother and daughter were not believed by authorities and mother fled to Italy for 20 years to keep her child safe. I am always questioning everything since I heard of this case, so do I here, especially because the girl is old enough now to call her dad/police/etc.….we do not know everything and sometimes a mother is in need of drastic actions.

[lezbunny]

How does the daughter feel about this? Have they considered what she wants instead of what seems right for her in everyone else's eyes from the outside?

[nathaliapunch]

I can’t yet rejoice more details to the story have to come out. why did the mother feel like she had to take the child away? How does the child feel about going to live with their father now? etc

[coll]

God this is so tragic. I hope the girl and her family are getting all the help she needs to get through this

[bubbercakes]

So nice this little girl was found! I hope the girl gets the mental health care she’ll probably need! 😢

[thefunteacher]

I just hope that the reason for the mom to take the child away isn’t because the father is a monster. I’ve seen, heard, and lived through situations where the mom had to take the child away and hide the child from the monster father to protect the child. I hope the child will be given a chance to tell her story of what happened in the past

[thdoggo]

Amazing. I am so glad that she was found safe. Awesome work from the employee who recognized her.

[damonviscusi]

same thing happened to me. returned to my dad after 6 years when i was 11. dad never pressed charges against my mom.

[juliamikhaylova]

If a teen didn't want to look for the parent who had custody- shouldn't we hear the least her side of story. I mean 9 yo is pretty coherent to let someone know they have been abducted let alone 10 -15 yo...

[lisatolar]

I just wonder if the girl herself is glad. Was she happy in NC with her Mom ? Hopefully she will have a say in her future.

[dorianm]

But how do we know what is really going on in the home on either side???

[username_________]

glad to hear she’s ok and reunited with her dad ❤️

[rebeccamiller]

That's amazing I'm so glad that girl has been found and safe!!

[abcdefu]

Omg, so happy to hear she’s been reunited with her father! ❤