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November 10, 2009

<img src=" http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/policeandfire.gif" border=0 > Missing person advisory lifted after rural Washburn turns self, daughter in to authorities

A rural Washburn, Mo., woman who reportedly left the state with her 8-year-old daughter after losing custody of the girl turned in herself and her daughter to county authorities, according to a release issued this afternoon.

The McDonald County Sheriff’s Department issued an endangered person advisory last week for Rebecca Marie Allen, 8. The girl’s mother, Teresa Lynn Allen, also known as Teresa L. Gantt, was suspected of having left her home at 711 Woodard Lane in McDonald County and taken the girl with her.

Teresa Allen turned in herself and presented her daughter to the McDonald County Sheriff’s Department on Monday.

Rebecca Allen’s father, Joe Allen, was granted sole custody of the child at a court hearing in Barry County last month.

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