A traffic stop led to the discovery of a 4-year-old girl who had been missing for months, according to Texas police.
Winters police say they arrested a speeding driver on state highway 153 on Thursday, October 27, around 1 a.m. A male driver and a 4-year-old girl were in the car.
During the stop, officers learned there was a warrant for the driver on a kidnapping charge from Oklahoma, the department said in a Facebook post. They immediately arrested the driver and took the girl into custody.
Investigators later discovered that the driver is the child’s biological father. He had taken the girl in July against a warrant issued in Oklahoma, agents say.
“Tonight God had a plan and put WPD in the right place, at the right time, so that we could reunite a family,” the department wrote on Facebook.
The 4-year-old is in good health and will remain in police custody until her guardian can pick her up, police said.
Winters is located about 190 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
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