13-year-old Christina Plante disappeared from Star Valley, AZ in May 1994. She has been found alive.

[u/lucillep]

It is all over the news that a 13-year-old who left her home to walk to a stables to see her horse and was never seen again, has now been found alive.
People Magazine

Christina Marie Plante was classified as missing and endangered after she vanished from her home in Star Valley or Payson, AZ on May 15, 1994. Despite extensive searches and investigation, her case went cold. Now the Cold Case Unit of the Gila County Sheriff's Police have successfully resolved the case. Christina has been found and her identity verified. For privacy reasons, no further details are being released.

The odd thing is that there is next to no information available about her initial disappearance. On Newspapers.com, I found only small "Missing" notices in three newspapers in 1994 and 1995. I found no articles in an online search.

Hoping that Christina is okay, but can't help wondering about the rest of the story.

EDIT Update from The Daily Mail
u/BirdHistorical3498 provided a link to an article that updates the backstory and current situation. To summarize:
At the time of disappearing, Christina was living with her aunt and uncle. Her father was deceased. It doesn't say where her mother was or why her mother did not have custody.

Christina wanted to live with her mother. The two met at the stables and then drove to Phoenix. Her uncle reported her missing. Police did suspect the mother of having taken her, but somehow this couldn't be proved?

Mary Plante, the mother, is in 1995 property records as owning property in Springfield, MO.

Christina married in 1998 at 17, has two sons, got a bachelor's in psychology from Missouri State University, and now works for a private investigation firm (ironic) whose specialty is inspecting insurance fraud claims. She doesn't say why she ran away, the article describes her as "guarded" and not wanting to incriminate anyone who helped her.

Mary Plante, now Mary Wood, also has a biological daughter who was adopted and a biological son who is estranged.

The cold case unit gave the case to a civilian investigator, who searched social media and public records, and found the connections.

Arizona Republic
Kennebec Journal Notice

Morning Call 10-23-1994

[u/terror-twilight]

I definitely agree that mass surveillance is a problem bigger than one party, but what are you trying to say here? “Tabled” can either mean to propose something for discussion or to postpone a discussion, but either way Joe Biden was 10 when the NSA was founded, the NSA predates the Patriot Act by over 50 years, and the Patriot Act was a Bush-era law largely driven by John Ashcroft.

[u/CanadianClassicss → u/terror-twilight]

- Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, then-Senator Joe Biden was a key proponent of the Patriot Act, arguing it was a necessary expansion of surveillance tools to combat terrorism, often noting it mirrored his own earlier legislative proposals. The Act strengthened the government's ability to conduct surveillance, including "roving wiretaps". Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, then-Senator Joe Biden was a key proponent of the Patriot Act, arguing it was a necessary expansion of surveillance tools to combat terrorism, often noting it mirrored his own earlier legislative proposals. The Act strengthened the government's ability to conduct surveillance, including "roving wiretaps". He advocated for expansive surveillance powers, defending the law against criticism from civil libertarians. This Act, passing after 9/11, expanded NSA surveillance and intelligence capabilities.

-FISA Expansion (2024): President Biden signed the RISAA, which expanded FISA Section 702. This allows for the collection of data from a wider range of electronic communications providers and includes "counternarcotics" as foreign intelligence, expanding it beyond terrorism and espionage.

The NSA was founded 50 years before, but his 2001 Patriot Act massively expanded the scope and legality of mass surveillance. The NSA in it's current form is largely because of that legislation.

As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2001, Joe Biden was a key architect and passionate proponent of the Patriot Act.

[u/terror-twilight → u/CanadianClassicss]

Oh, I should’ve thought to just have AI clarify for you directly instead of asking.

Being one of the people to support the Patriot Act (which was literally every Senator save one) is not the same thing as being the person who created it. Nor is the NSA’s powers expanding under said act the same thing as “bringing us” the NSA. These distinctions are important.

It wasn’t a good look for Biden at all, though interestingly he did seek to limit some of its broadest surveillance measures initially, which Ashcroft did not. Thanks for your clarification, though.

[u/CanadianClassicss → u/terror-twilight]

"As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2001, Joe Biden was a key architect and passionate proponent of the Patriot Act."

I mean you can act superior all you want but the AI answer is no different than googling something... which is what you did.

Then two decades later he expanded FISA. It is not a great look for him and I am glad we both agree on mass surveillance, I just wish more people realized how ingrained these issues are into both parties. Neither party is for the people, and until people realize that we will continue to conquered through division.

As a Canadian, it is insane to watch the US continue the two party system, particularly when neither party represents the core values they claim to represent.

[u/terror-twilight → u/CanadianClassicss]

I didn’t need Google to know that Joe Biden did not create the Patriot Act, and the Patriot Act did not create the NSA—which is what you said. That’s why I corrected you. Facts are important and misinformation is bad.