Missing Mission Viejo Girl Found, Suspect Arrested

Mission Viejo CA

27 August, 2021

12:55 PM

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MISSION VIEJO, CA — A girl who went missing at Mission Viejo High School has been found in Los Angeles, reported Orange County Sheriff's Department Friday afternoon. Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Carreon was found with Nathan Williams, 22, a Texas resident who she had met online. Williams is currently in police custody as the investigation continues, OCSD said in a Facebook post. OCSD said Williams had traveled from his resident state of Texas to meet with Carreon. The pair had been "conversing online through an app called Discord," said Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Williams "traveled here to meet her and she was picked up yesterday in a rideshare vehicle, according to the investigation," Braun said. The Mission Viejo girl was reported missing midday Thursday. As of Friday afternoon, police officials reported that Phoebe was found and returned to her family. The Mission Viejo High School student was last seen at school midday Thursday. Williams is being held in an Orange County Jail pending an ongoing investigation, OCSD said.