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Posted: 11/01/2012
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - Cuyahoga Falls police confirm a mother and daughter reported missing on Oct. 11 have been found safe in California.
Jamie Woods, 36, and her daughter were found sleeping in a car at a rest area Oct. 31 by the highway patrol around 2:40 a.m.
Authorities there said Woods was low on cash and nearly out of gas.
Cuyahoga Falls police said the daughter had made contact with her father while they were gone.
A highway patrol deputy in California turned the child over to children services with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
Woods was not arrested because she had custody of her daughter.
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