“Emma walked into a local police station late this afternoon and has been reunited [with] her father. FBI Atlanta appreciates the help of the media and the public in spreading her photo and for all information and tips,” FBI Atlanta tweeted Sunday. The Atlanta office had described the missing girl as “endangered” and in need of medication that she did not have at the time of her disappearance. “Another thing of concern is that Emma has no known connection to the city of Atlanta or has ever been here before or knows anyone in Atlanta that we know of,” Christopher Macrae, the special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta. at the scene, he said during a news conference Saturday with Linek’s father, Mike Linek. Macrae said Emma Linek was clinically diagnosed with autism. Emma Linek was originally booked on a nonstop Delta Airlines flight from Cleveland to Boston on Tuesday, but she missed the plane, authorities said. Macrae said she caught another flight with a stopover in Atlanta. Emma Linek, who goes by the name Zari, is pictured in an image released by the FBI. F.B.I “That flight change was unplanned. So he didn’t know he was going to be in Atlanta,” Macrae said. “Her bags made it to Boston, but she didn’t. Our first priority is to locate Emma and make sure she’s okay.” Macrae said surveillance video at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport captured Linek, who also goes by the name Zari, wandering around the airport looking lost. He said Emma Linek was last seen around 10 a.m. Tuesday in the north daily parking lot in Hartsfield, leaving the airport with a stranger. Macrae said law enforcement located the man Emma Linek was seen leaving the airport with and interviewed him. “We are in discussions with that person, but at this time we have not located Emma. Emma was not with that person,” McRae said. Macrae has not released the man’s name or said whether he is a suspect in the girl’s disappearance. Linek’s father, who attended the news conference in Atlanta with Macrae, had pleaded with the public for any information about his daughter’s whereabouts. Emma Linek, who goes by the name Zari, is pictured in an image released by the FBI. F.B.I He described his daughter as a “wonderful girl” with a “sweet bubbly personality.” “She loves animals. She loves to sing,” Mike Linek said. Emma Linek’s mother, Eleanor Linek, told ABC affiliate WEWS-TV in Cleveland that her daughter was traveling to Boston to continue her studies at the therapeutic boarding school. The 5-foot-1, 160-pound teenager was last seen wearing plaid pants, a black shirt and holding a white pillow. Eleanor and Mike Linek said their daughter did not have a cell phone with her. Eleanor Linek said she dropped her daughter off at Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland Tuesday morning. “We took her to the airport, she went through security, we saw her go through security and to her gate,” Eleanor Linek said. “We don’t know what happened, if she got something to eat or what, but she missed her plane.”
