MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — A missing teen has been found safe and unharmed more than 48 hours after she disappeared.
According to the the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, 17-year-old Jorja Ethridge was found in the Loraine Woods subdivision around noon Tuesday -- about a mile from where she was last seen.
A news release says someone living in the neighborhood saw Ethridge and called police. They then called her over and stayed with her until deputies arrived.
Investigators found she had been staying in a shed behind one of the homes since she went missing. She was unharmed but dehydrated and taken to the hospital for observation.
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Monroe County Sheriff Brad Freeman says she was at a party with friends late Saturday night into Sunday morning.
She apparently missed curfew and took off after seeing her family's car. The teen also left her cell phone behind on North Rivoli Farms Road.
That led large groups of people to lead a search for her, both on the ground with dogs and an aerial search with helicopters.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office asked people in the area of Bolingbroke to check their backyard and out buildings, particularly in the areas of Rivoli Road, Sanders Road, Spelman Road, Heritage subdivision, and Highway 41.