Abducted Amish Girls Returned Safely Home After Fleeing Kidnappers

The two Amish girls who briefly went missing from their home in the rural community of Oswegatchie were safely returned last night, but police say the mystery of their disappearance remains.

7-year-old Delila Miller and 12-year-old Fannie Miller reportedly vanished at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday from their parents' roadside stand in Oswegatchie, located on the border of New York and Canada. Witnesses reported seeing the girls being thrown into a white sedan, but such reports were later changed to a red vehicle.

On Thursday evening, the girls were reportedly dropped off by their two male captros at a home about 15 miles from their own in Bigelow, a small village in Richville.

The girls were reportedly told to wait in the home while their two male captors stepped out, but instead they fled, running to a nearby neighbors' house for help. They were reportedly cold and wet, and knocked on the door of a home asking if they could have help getting back to Oswegatchie.

Kevin Wells, Sheriff of St. Lawrence County, told the local WWNY-TV that now police are prepared to investigate what happened to the girls when they went missing for nearly 24 hours. "We have the safe return of the two girls, but at the same time we have a lot of work to do," Wells said.

 "There's still been a crime committed here, these girls were still taken away from their homes."

Currently, the two kidnappers remain at large, but Wells has told local media outlets that he's confident they'll be captured.