Missing Utah teen found safe after 500-day search as man, 39, she met on Snapchat is …

By MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER Published: 20:17 EDT, 2 November 2026 | Updated: 20:36 EDT, 2 November 2026 A teenager who was reported missing more than a year ago has been found safe, with the man she allegedly met on Snapchat taken into custody. Kylie Arellano, then 15, was last seen by her family on May 29, 2025 at her home in Garden City, Utah.  Her disappearance sparked a massive nationwide search, with Rich County Sheriff Dale Stacey saying last year that detectives had chased reports of sightings across multiple states as he urged the public to preserve any photographic or timestamped evidence. Federal officials even followed leads across other countries, the FBI said. Finally, after more than 500 days, law enforcement officers in Oregon, working in conjunction with the FBI and the Rich County Sheriff’s Office in Utah, located the now 17-year-old girl on Sunday. She was with a 39-year-old man identified by KUTV as Adam Harmel, whom federal officials said was taken into custody without incident. It is unclear what charges he may now face, but a law enforcement source told Fox News the man allegedly met the teenager on Snapchat before her disappearance. Arellano’s mother Stephanie Coleman celebrated the
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