A Wisconsin police department announced Thursday morning that a teenage girl who was missing for two months was located in Nebraska. 

Sophia Franklin,16, disappeared from the town of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on Feb. 2, and was suspected to be traveling with a 40-year-old man named Gary Day, prompting an Amber Alert to locate her. 

An Amber Alert for Sophia Franklin issued by the Beaver Dam Police Department. (Beaver Dam Police Department)

Before the Amber Alert was issued, Franklin reportedly spent four months in Arkansas with Day, while her parents thought she was staying with a friend. 

Her mother, Leah Franklin, told local news that the family was in communication with her daughter during the time that she spent in Arkansas. Day was on probation at the time.

The elder Franklin said Day brainwashed her child.

“I do believe that she was brainwashed,” she said. “I believe that she was groomed.” 

Day was reportedly charged with child enticement and abduction.