Police say girl once believed to be kidnapped while on FaceTime, was not actually taken

Editor's Note (April 26, 2024, 6:50 a.m.): Philadelphia police SVU determined that no abduction took place and the girl was found safe with her boyfriend overnight.

A teenage girl was possibly abducted while she was talking with her mother via FaceTime in North Philadelphia Thursday afternoon, according to the Philadelphia police.

At around 4:58 p.m., the 14-year-old was at the intersection of K and Venango streets in the Kensington neighborhood when she was grabbed from behind by an unknown man, police said.

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She was on a FaceTime call with her mother when the call dropped abruptly at the time of the incident, police said.

The girl "may have been abducted," police said in a statement.

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Police said the girl was walking home from school, which is located on the 300 block of West Hunting Park Avenue, at the time of her disappearance.