Missing foreign exchange student found safe inside tent in Utah in 'cyber kidnapping': Police
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A foreign exchange student who disappeared in an alleged cyber kidnapping was found safe inside a tent on a Utah mountainside following a dayslong search, police said.
A missing foreign exchange student from China was found safe inside a tent on a Utah mountainside following a dayslong search in what police called a case of "cyber kidnapping."
Kai Zhuang, 17, was reported missing Thursday night by his high school, according to the Riverdale Police Department. The teen's parents told school officials that they received a photograph of Zhuang from his alleged kidnappers indicating he had been abducted, police said.
His family told police they had transferred approximately $80,000 in ransom money to bank accounts in China "due to continuous threats from the kidnappers," the Riverdale Police Department said. They also provided the photograph, which appeared to show Zhuang being held captive and in danger, police said.
The teen's host family was not aware he was missing and there were no signs that he was forcefully taken from his Riverdale home, police said. The family heard him at the home early Thursday, police said.
