Sophia Covers dad gives huge update on missing teen after daughter vanished from Florida home in early hours

A missing Florida teen was found over 1,200 miles from home after being caught on camera sneaking out in the early hours last month.“Sophia was found safe in New Jersey by the FBI, and tonight our family finally gets to say the words we have been praying for: Our girl is safe,” her overjoyed father, Rick Cover, shared on Facebook.He heaped praise upon investigators working the case, singling out the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and Detective Marisol Rodriguez, and thanked everyone who played a part or spared a thought for his daughter.“And to this incredible community, our friends, our family, and thousands of people we have never even met who shared Sophia’s face, prayed for her, sent tips, made videos, hung flyers, and kept her story alive: THANK YOU,” he wrote.He told Gulf Coast News he’s planning on flying to New Jersey as soon as he can to reunite after not seeing her for 11 days.He said she was found staying with friends, and that he’s still waiting for word from the Department of Children and Families about how she got so far from home and when he can pick her up.“We’re going to take it a day at a time.I’m going to go up and get her.

We’re going to find out exactly what happened,” Cover told the outlet.Surveillance footage from the family home at Golden Gate Estates showed the 16-year-old leaving the residents in the twilight hours of July 31 for no known reason.Her anguished father threw himself into finding the girl, refusing to believe she’d run away from home, and spearheaded a massive effort, both online and in the community, to search for clues into her mysterious disappearance....