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This story is making national headlines as police found a girl missing from neighboring Tioga County since 2019.
The missing girl Paislee Shultis was just 4 then.
A tip led officers to the home of her father, Kirk Shultis, Jr, in Saugerties.
After an hour-long search, State Police located the child and her alleged abductor, Kimberly Cooper, hidden in a small makeshift room underneath a staircase. Shultis, Cooper and Shultis’ father who all lived there, were charged with custodial interference and endangering the welfare of a child.
Police say Paislee checked out in good health.
