Gia Fuda, 18, was found on Saturday off of Highway 2, east of the town of Skykomish, which may be a town a few 70-mile drive east of Seattle, consistent with the Kings County Sheriff's Office (KCSO).
Her mother, Kristin Fuda, told CNN she last saw her daughter on the morning of July 24. When Gia didn't answer text messages and phone calls that evening, her parents filed a missing persons report with KCSO.
Gia was also captured in surveillance camera footage from a cafe near the town of Index on the morning of July 24. Authorities were eventually ready to locate her car nearby, where they found that her car had run out of gas.
KCSO Major Crimes Detectives called Fuda's disappearance suspicious on July 27 after authorities found her vehicle together with her purse inside.
Search and rescue teams from round the state assisted with the search, the Sheriff's office said during a press conference . the world is taken into account a dead zone, which made it difficult to undertake and track Gia via her telephone .
"She said she ran out of gas and just pulled over real quick and locked the door," Kristin Fuda told CNN affiliate KOMO. "She was trying to seek out a bridge to travel over in Skykomish but she was on the incorrect side of the road. She thought she could hike up and find a bridge and, yeah, that did not compute ."
On Lammas , search and rescue teams found a number of Fuda's items like her shoes, bible, bag and cellphone, her mother confirmed to CNN. Shortly after, they found Fuda nearby during a creek.
"She only thought she was up there for 3 days," Kristen Fuda told KOMO. "She didn't realize how long it had been."
Gia crouched into bushes and curled in the dark to undertake and obtain sleep, but shook as she was cold in the dark , her mother said. She survived off of nothing but berries and water from a close-by creek.
The teenager was taken to an area hospital, where she was treated for scratches, cuts and dehydration. She remains trying to process everything that happened, her mother said.
Gia's recovery goes well, her mother said, but she isn't yet sure when she is going to be released from the hospital.
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| © KOMO A missing persons report was filed after Gia Fuda's parents could not contact her. |
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