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PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) — <\/span>A 5-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted in Nevada has been found safe, and her father was arrested in Palmdale, authorities said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Amaya Meithof was taken by 41-year-old Christopher Meithof Sunday morning in Carson City, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.<\/p>\n

According to the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, the incident began when deputies responded to the child’s home for a child custody dispute.<\/p>\n

The girl’s mother told deputies she had allowed Meithof to stay with her overnight so he could visit their daughter.<\/p>\n

The woman said when she woke up that morning, Meithof and Amaya weren’t home, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Deputies began searching for the father and child, tracking Meithof’s Jeep Grand Cherokee on local traffic cameras and calling his phone, which went straight to voicemail, investigators said.<\/p>\n

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“Using information gained through the multi-jurisdictional investigation, the U.S. Marshal’s Pacific Southwest Fugitive Task Force, the Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles Division, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Bureau conducted a traffic stop in Palmdale, California, on a vehicle and recovered the missing Carson City child,” the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n

Amaya was found safe and unharmed.<\/p>\n

Deputies said Meithof wasn’t with the child at the time and he was later located a nearby home, close to where the traffic stop was conducted.<\/p>\n

Meithof was arrested without incident and remains custody at the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Palmdale station, pending extradition to Nevada.<\/p>\n

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Amaya is in the care of Palmdale Child Protective Services, which will help facilitate the child’s return to her mother.<\/p>\n

If you have any information is urged to contact Detective Bruce Pendragon with the Carson City Sheriff’s Office at 775-283-7856.<\/p>\n

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