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A 37-year-old South Carolina mom is missing after traveling from her home in Lexington, S.C., to downtown Atlanta
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Leigh McAlister disappeared on Saturday 14th February
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According to local news outlet 11Alive, her husband, Rob, revealed that police found her at a local hospital in Atlanta.
A missing South Carolina mother who went missing while traveling to Atlanta for a church meeting has been found about 200 miles from her home.
The Cobb County Police Department (CCPD) confirmed in a Facebook post that 37-year-old Leigh McAlister was last seen on Saturday, February 14 and was reported missing.
According to 11Alive, Leigh traveled to Atlanta from her hometown of Lexington (a suburb of Columbia, the capital of South Carolina) the day before to attend a church meeting held in the city center. She was subsequently reported missing after her worried husband, Rob, was unable to contact her.
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Rob has since said that Atlanta police found his wife at a local hospital, 11Alive reported. The couple has a 4-year-old son. independent reported.
CCPD confirmed on Facebook that the missing woman had been found, but did not reveal further details about her disappearance.
Information about Lee’s condition has not been released, and it is not known how she ended up in the hospital.
Cobb County Police Department Facebook
Surveillance video from Saturday, February 14, showed Leigh at a Publix supermarket in Buckhead before she was found, 11Alive reported.
The outlet and Columbia television station WLTX subsequently reported that Leigh’s SUV was found abandoned at The Battery in Cobb County on Monday, February 16, along with her cell phone and wallet.
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A missing persons alert circulating on social media said Leigh was scheduled to go home Saturday afternoon but decided to stay in Atlanta until Sunday.
CCPD’s initial “BOLO” press release simply read: “The Cobb County Police Major Crimes Unit is investigating the disappearance of 37-year-old Leigh McAlister. She was last seen on Saturday, February 14. She was last seen wearing a white sweater, blue jeans and brown boots.”
The Cobb County Police Department and Atlanta Police Department did not immediately respond when PEOPLE reached out to them for more information. Rob McAllister has also been contacted.
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