Georgia sisters found safe after night in woods
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Posted 12:28PM on Sunday 19th January 2003 ( 22 years ago )
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA - Two young Georgia sisters missing overnight were found safe Sunday morning in woods near a campground where their family was vacationing. <br>
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Elizabeth Murrell, 12, and Amanda, 9, were reported missing Saturday night after they left their parents and four siblings to play before dinner at the Tropical Palms Resort near Walt Disney World. <br>
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``They were in the woods behind the resort area,'' said Osceola County sheriff's communications supervisor Seana Lassiter. ``They're in good health.'' <br>
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No details were immediately available on how the girls spent the night. Both girls were wearing light jackets when they left camp, but overnight temperatures fell into the low 30s in the area. <br>
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Officers and bloodhounds searched nearby woods after dark Saturday without result. Sheriff's Detective Michelle Keefer said more than 50 officers and bloodhounds returned to the same area after daybreak. <br>
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The sheriff's office issued an Amber Alert and activated a reverse 911 system that sent prerecorded phone messages about the Savananah, Ga., girls to homes up to a mile from the campground.
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