14 year Alex Storm has come home. She ran away from her West Seattle home on the evening of Sunday, Feb. 6 at about 10:00 pm. Her mother Kristin Storm sent the West Seattle Herald this message at 9:27 pm Friday night:

"Alex is home safe thanks to the help of the West Seattle community. We still have a tough road to go down but I remain hopeful and positive we can get through this together."

The reason for her leaving home involved another runaway. "She got involved with another girl who is a runaway and has a warrant out for her arrest and I called the police to report her and she jumped out the window and yelled for Alex to follow her. I honestly thought that she would be back the next day."

Kristin discovered that her daughter was harboring the other girl in her room on Sunday evening. "The girl was under her covers," said Storm, who said that Alex has never done anything like this before.

NOTE: The West Seattle Herald thanks the entire community for their support and cooperation in helping to spread the word about this case.