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GBI investigating human trafficking after police rescue missing 14-year-old girl

Authorities say the girl was reported as a runaway from Pennsylvania back in January.

GBI investigating human trafficking after police rescue missing 14-year-old girl

Authorities say the girl was reported as a runaway from Pennsylvania back in January.

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      THAT'S A LOOK AT SPORTS ORANGE CRUSH IMPACT. WE'RE LIVE ON TYBEE ISLAND AHEAD OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAPPENING TODAY TO REFLECT ON THE BIG EVENT. PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING FAR AND WIDE TO PAY RESPECTS TO THE LATE POPE FRANCIS. WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE VATICAN TO SEE THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE FOR THE PONTIFF. <NATURAL SOUND> OUTCUE: THEIR CASH REGISTERS WILL HEAR ME. A TARGET BOYCOTT OVER THE COMPANY THROWING OUT IT'S D-E-EYE POLICIES. WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT A GEORGIA CHURCH IS HAVING ON THE COMPANY'S BOTTOM LINE. 301 BYPASS AT OLD REGISTER ROAD IN STATESBORO THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING -- I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3PM. PATCHY FOG BEFORE 9AM. OTHERWISE, PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 82. LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 64. EAST WIND 3 TO 8 MPH. FRIDAY MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 84. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 66. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING CALM IN THE EVENING AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. HAPPENING TODAY ... TYBEE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOST ITS FIRST MEETING LOOKING BACK AT LAST WEEK'S ORANGE CRUSH EVENT. THIS .. AFTER GRANTING THE EVENT A PERMIT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. THIS MORNING WE WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WANT ORANGE CRUSH TO RETURN NEXT YEAR? VOTE NOW BY SCANNING THAT Q-R CODE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN OR BY HEADING TO WJCL-DOT-COM- SLASH-VOTE. MEANWHILE - OUR KYRON NEVEAUX IS OUT ON TYBEE ISLAND THIS MORNING. KY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A COUNCIL MEETING ON THE ISLAND. WHAT REMARKS ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HEART TONIGHT? FRANK/EMMA- TYBEE ISLAND CITY MANAGER.. MICHELLE OWENS IS EXPECTED TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT TO REFLECT ON THE OVERALL OUTCOME OF ORANGE CRUSH. MAYOR BRIAN WEST TEASED SOME OF THE CITY'S THOUGHTS EARLIER THIS WEEK..WHEN HE MENTIONED IT WAS SUCCESS. TYBEE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 22 ARRESTS DURING THE WEEKEND- ALMOST HALF AS MANY AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR BUT THE BIGGEST DECREASE THEY SAW THIS YEAR WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND TRAFFIC CITATIONS. THE EVENT BEING PERMITTED FOR THE FIRST TIME ALLOWED THE FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE ON THE BEACH, BUT ALSO REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF NON-COLLEGE STUDENTS ATTENDING. THE CITY SAYS THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS WAS KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE. < 5A/6A> I THINK IT WAS IT WAS WELL MANAGED IN AN ORGANIZED AND, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE TRAFFIC, BUT WE RODE AROUND BIKES AND IT SEEMED TO BE MOVING. THEY SHOULD ADD SHUTTLES THAT MIGHT HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR THEM." THE MAYOR SHARED THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PROMOTERS IN THE FUTURE TO CREATE A SMOOTH AND SAFE EVENT. TONIGHTS COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:30 FOR A LOOK AT THE AGENDA..VISIT OUR WEBSITE.WJCL. COM KY THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. TAKING A LOOK AT THE POLL RESULTS - YOU ARE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE VATICAN THIS MORNING AS PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE POPE FRANCIS LYING IN STATE. AS ABC'S LIONEL MOISE REPORTS ... VIEWING HOURS HAVE GONE WAY BEYOND SCHEDULE ... WITH CATHOLICS AND NON-CATHOLICS WAITING FOR HOURS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. SCRIPT: OVERNIGHT, THE DOORS OF SAINT PETER?S BASILICA STAYING OPEN WELL INTO THE MORNING - AS THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS LINED UP TO SAY A FINAL FAREWELL TO POPE FRANCIS. NATS - SINGING MORE THAN 25-THOUSAND PEOPLE COMING YESTERDAY ALONE - TO SEE 'THE PEOPLE?S POPE'. THE BASILICA *WAS* SET TO CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT. BUT THE VATICAN ALLOWING AN EXTENSION. SOME HAD WAITED *SIX* HOURS. EMILIANO FERNANDEZ // FROM MEXICO "BECAUSE OF THE RESPECT THAT I HAVE FOR HIM AND THE GREAT PERSON HE WAS, IT'S WORTH THE WAIT." SOME CATHOLIC. SOME NOT. MANY OF THEM, PRAISING HIS COMPASSION. LAHNA KLEIN // FROM U.S. "WALKING IN THERE IT WAS SO SILENT, BUT YOU COULD FEEL HOW MUCH PEOPLE REALLY CARED ABOUT HIM AND HOW MUCH LOVE THERE WAS FOR THIS MAN." FOR THOSE UNABLE TO MAKE THE PILGRIMAGE TO ROME. MASSES ARE BEING HELD AROUND THE WORLD. FROM NIGERIA. NATS - MASS IN NIGERIA TO HUNGARY. NATS - MASS IN HUNGARY EVEN IN WAR-TORN GAZA - THE POPE BEING REMEMBERED BY THE SMALL CONGREGATION OF CATHOLICS WHOM HE WOULD FACETIME WITH DAILY. FATHER GABRIEL ROMANELLI // HOLY FAMILY CHURCH, GAZA CITY "FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR AND A HALF EVERY DAY, HE CALLED US TO TO SHOW HIS HIS KIND, HIS MERCY, TO ASK ABOUT THE POOR PEOPLE, THE SICK PEOPLE, TO US TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN." MASSES ALSO HELD IN HIS HOMELAND, ARGENTINA -- INCLUDING ONE FOR FANS OF THE LATE POPE?S FAVORITE SOCCER CLUB. NATS - MASS IN ARGENTINA AND THEY SHARED SOMETHING REMARKABLE. THEY SAY FRANCIS WAS A CARD- CARRYING SUPPORTER OF THE TEAM - AND HIS MEMBER NUMBER WAS 8-8-2-3-5. THOSE NUMBERS MATCH HIS AGE -- 88 -- AND THE TIME IN ARGENTINA WHEN HE DIED -- 2-35 A-M. LIONEL MOISE, A-B-C NEWS, NEW YORK. FRANCIS WILL LIE IN STATE UNTIL HIS FUNERAL SATURDAY. HE WILL BE LAID TO REST IN A CHURCH IN ROME ... BECOMING THE FIRST POPE TO BE BURIED OUTSIDE THE VATICAN SINCE 19-OH-THREE. ATTORNEYS FOR DYLANN ROOF -- THE SHOOTER WHO OPENED FIRE AT A CHARLESTON CHURCH IN 20-15... KILLING NINE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION -- HAVE FILED A MOTION TO VACATE HIS SENTENCE. THE MOTION WAS FILED IN U-S DISTRICT COURT IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 17-TH. ATTORNEYS ARE ASKING FOR A NEW PENALTY PHASE TRIAL USING 18 CLAIMS AS JUSTIFICATION. ROOF WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 20-17 FOR KILLING NINE BLACK CHURCH MEMBERS DURING A BIBLE STUDY... MAKING HIM THE FIRST PERSON ORDERED TO BE EXECUTED FOR A FEDERAL HATE CRIME. THIS MORNING ... WE ARE LEARNING MORE MORE ABOUT THE FUNERAL PLANS FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA MAN WHO WAS KILLED IN THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SHOOTING. ATTORNEYS FOR THE FAMILY OF 45-YEAR-OLD TIRU CHABBA TELL US HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT TEN FRIDAY MORNING AT MACKEY FUNERAL HOME... IN GREENVILLE. THE ATTORNEY SAYS CHABBA WAS ON THE F-S-U CAMPUS LAST THURSDAY... AS AN EMPLOYEE OF A CAMPUS VENDOR... WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED. A BOYCOTT AGAINST THE RETAILER TARGET SEEMS TO BE WORKING. FOOT TRAFFIC AT TARGET STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY DROPPED FOR TEN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. THAT BOYCOTT .... LED BY A BLACK MEGACHURCH HERE IN GEORGIA OVER THE ISSUE OF D-E-EYE INITIATIVES. "IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF TARIFFS, IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE STOCK MARKET, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF BLACK UNIFICATION AND THE BLACK DOLLAR." --BUTTED-- "200,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED TO BE A PART OF THE TARGET FAST." TARGETS FOOT TRAFFIC DROPPED NINE PERCENT IN FEBRUARY. THIS AFTER THEY PUBLICLY DROPPING D-E-I INITIATIVES FROM ITS STORES AND POLICIES. THE CHURCH PASTOR CALLED FOR A BOYCOTT DURING LENT. "WE HAD FOUR ASKS AND ONLY WALKED AWAY WITH ONE THING. TARGET HAS AGREED THAT BY JULY 31ST, THEY WILL COMPLETE THE PLEDGE OF TWO BILLION DOLLARS FOR BLACK BUSINESS. WE GAVE YOU 40 DAYS TO ANSWER 4, NOT 1. WE AIN'T GOING BACK IN THERE." IN AN INTERNAL NOTE ON DIVERSITY FROM TARGET'S CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER EARLIER THIS YEAR .. THE COMPANY SAYS THEY ARE STILL COMMITTED TO INCLUSIVITY. THEY SAY THEY OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ... INCLUDING ITEMS MADE BY COMPANIES THAT ARE BLACK AND MINORITY-OWNED. WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT GREEN BAY WISCONSIN WHERE LATER TONIGHT THE NFL DRAFT KICKS OFF AND YOU CAN CATCH IT RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 22! THE FIRST ROUND OF THE DRAFT STARTS TONIGHT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AND THE TENNESSEE TITANS HAVE THE FIRST PICK. TENNESSEE EXPECTED TO SELECT FORMER MIAMI HURRICANE QUARTERBACK "CAM WARD" WITH THE FIRST OVERALL PICK. WE WILL FIND OUT LATER TONIGHT RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 22! AGAIN, THE 20-25 NFL DRAFT KICKS OFF AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. TONIGHT IT'S THE FIRST ROUND. SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDS COMING UP FRIDAY AND ROUNDS 4-7 ON SATURDAY. NOW, SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON, SOME DRAFT EXPERTS SAYING UP TO 13 GEORGIA BULLDOGS COULD BE SELECTED, INCLUDING SAVANNAH'S WARREN BRINSON IN THE MID TO LATER ROUNDS. ANOTHER SAVANNAH NATIVE HOPING TO HEAR HIS NAME, WINSTON WRIGHT JUNIOR, WHO STARRED AT MEMORIAL DAY BEFORE COLLEGE. ADLI
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      GBI investigating human trafficking after police rescue missing 14-year-old girl

      Authorities say the girl was reported as a runaway from Pennsylvania back in January.

      Above video: Your Thursday headlinesThe GBI is investigating a case of human trafficking after police say they rescued a 14-year-old girl.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that they had been contacted by the Jasper Police Department after officers located the missing girl.The GBI says the girl was reported as a runaway from Pennsylvania back in January.She received medical treatment and will be taken back to Pennsylvania.The investigation is ongoing.Anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI’s HEAT Unit at 404-270-8433. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477).TRENDING STORIESShelter in place order at Georgia university lifted, police arrest man with gunCoroner: 3 high school students killed in South Carolina crashSavannah Sharks are heading back to the Cheerleading World Championships

      Above video: Your Thursday headlines

      The GBI is investigating a case of human trafficking after police say they rescued a 14-year-old girl.

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      The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that they had been contacted by the Jasper Police Department after officers located the missing girl.

      The GBI says the girl was reported as a runaway from Pennsylvania back in January.

      She received medical treatment and will be taken back to Pennsylvania.

      The investigation is ongoing.

      Anyone with information is asked to contact the GBI’s HEAT Unit at 404-270-8433. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477).

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