--- description: An Amber Alert was put out for a missing 16-year-old Georgia girl officials said may have been taken by an armed man title: Georgia Teen Girl Believed Taken by Armed Man Is Found Safe image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83b1dfe1da6d56f8/69892da54ee262b1353117ef/alyssa-cole-amber-alert.png?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 16-Year-Old Girl Believed Taken by Armed Man Is Found Safe by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:34 PM CUTPublished: Apr 14, 2018 3:14 PM CUT  Monroe County Sheriff's Office by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:34 PM CUTPublished: Apr 14, 2018 3:14 PM CUT A missing 16-year-old girl whom authorities say was taken Friday by an armed man in Forsyth, Georgia, was found safe on Saturday after an Amber Alert was issued. Authorities said the 16-year-old, [Alyssa Cole](http://www.missingkids.com/poster/AMBER/30079/10643/screen "undefined"), was taken by 19-year-old [Steven Meyer](http://www.missingkids.com/poster/AMBER/30079/10643/screen "undefined"). Meyer is Cole’s boyfriend, whom her parents told her not to see, [according to an NBC affiliate](http://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/amber-alert-16-year-old-girl-taken-from-forsyth-ga/85-538159458 "undefined"). Police had said that Meyer may be armed with a 9 mm pistol that was found to be missing from the Cole home, and an AR-15 rifle Meyer owns, according to the network. Police said Cole left a message for her parents that she and Meyer were heading to Arkansas. Cole and Meyer were both found walking in McDonough, Georgia, at about 2:30 p.m., a Monroe County sheriff [told The Telegraph](http://www.macon.com/news/local/article208906049.html "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5240380/amber-alert-forsyth-georgia-alyssa-cole/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5240380/amber-alert-forsyth-georgia-alyssa-cole/"},"headline":"16-Year-Old Girl Believed Taken by Armed Man Is Found Safe","datePublished":"2018-04-14T15:14:38.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:34:28.000Z","description":"Police say the suspect may have a 9 mm pistol and an AR-15 rifle","url":"https://time.com/5240380/amber-alert-forsyth-georgia-alyssa-cole/","keywords":["Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83b1dfe1da6d56f8/69892da54ee262b1353117ef/alyssa-cole-amber-alert.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83b1dfe1da6d56f8/69892da54ee262b1353117ef/alyssa-cole-amber-alert.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"alyssa-cole-amber-alert","caption":"","creditText":"Monroe County Sheriff's Office","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5240380/amber-alert-forsyth-georgia-alyssa-cole/","name":"16-Year-Old Girl Believed Taken by Armed Man Is Found Safe"}}]}] ```