Hailey Burns: Missing North Carolina girl found alive after more than a year
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A North Carolina teenager who disappeared more than a year ago has been found alive in Georgia and a 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the case, authorities say.
Hailey Burns, now 17, has been reunited with her parents after being found overnight at a home in Duluth, about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta.
The suspect, Michael Ren Wysoloyski, faces a number of charges, including cruelty to children and false imprisonment.
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Burns vanished from her home in Ballantyne, an upscale part of Charlotte, in May 2016. At that time, her father told local media that his daughter left behind a diary that detailed plans to run away with a man she had met online.
"He gradually wormed his way into her good graces, he coerced her into listening to him and not following our directions and the next thing I knew my daughter wasn’t communicating with me," the father told WBTV.
Family members say Burns has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.
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The FBI says Burns' family have asked for privacy "to focus on their daughter."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.