NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Missing 16-year-old Jessica Swanson has been found safe, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.


What You Need To Know

  • Jessica Swanson is safe, says FDLE

  • FDLE issued a Missing Child Alert

No further details have been released, but FDLE has since canceled its Missing Child Alert for Swanson.

Before Swanson was found, deputies spent Saturday going from house to house, looking for clues that could lead them to Swanson.

"She's quiet and no troublemaker," said Cindy Cable, a neighbor who’s known Swanson since birth. "Her and her family are a lovely family.

Junior Santiago, who lives next door to Jessica, said investigators stopped by his house wanting to see video from his surveillance camera 

"This is the nicest place," he said. "For this to happen, we have neighbors out here. They're always watching for each other. And we always watch for them. It's very weird."