'Endangered' girl found with alleged abductor in Macon motel

The search for an "endangered" Florida girl ended at a Macon motel Sunday.

Bibb County sheriff's deputies were working with the FBI to track down 11-year-old Alice Amelia Johnson of Orlando.

The girl left her home late Saturday night with a blue-and-white-striped book bag packed with clothes, according to a sheriff's news release.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office had issued a lookout for her, stating "concern for Alice's well-being due to her young age."

Florida authorities were tracking her cellphone, which pinged near Presidential Parkway in west Bibb County, and local deputies began to search the area about 2 p.m. Sunday.

About two hours later, FBI agent Andy Smith contacted Bibb deputies to assist in tracking her phone.

They found the girl about 5 p.m. Sunday in a motel room at the Holiday Inn Express at 4970 Harrison Road and took her alleged abductor into custody.

John Peter Byrns, 24, of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, is being held for the FBI in the Bibb County jail.

The girl was recovered and was held in a safe place until she could be reunited with her family.

This story was originally published February 19, 2018 at 4:46 AM with the headline "'Endangered' girl found with alleged abductor in Macon motel."