{"id":1021,"date":"2026-09-25T20:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2026-09-25T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:22:10","slug":"missing-2-year-old-virginia-girl-found-safe-in-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1021","title":{"rendered":"Missing 2-year-old Virginia girl found safe in woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-09-25\/N_Missing_092526.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Bridget Maeve Zeigler, 2, went missing in Cumberland County, Va. on Thursday, Sept. 24. (Virginia State Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; A 2-year-old girl who went missing Thursday evening in Virginia was found safe early Friday afternoon in the woods by a search team, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>The Cumberland Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia State Police and other law enforcement agencies launched a search for Bridget Maeve Zeigle, who was believed to have walked away from her home at around 6 p.m. Thursday, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were notified within an hour of Bridget&#8217;s disappearance, the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>Bridget was found relatively close to her house, the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>The search team used aviation and K9 resources to help in their search for the child, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bridget was described as a white female with short brown hair and blue eyes, and is about 2 feet tall and 30 pounds, according to a Virginia State Police alert.<\/p>\n<p>Bridget was seen wearing an orange dress, blue coat and white tennis shoes, according to the alert.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the child was believed to be on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia State Police issued a CODI alert at approximately 11:30 p.m. Thursday on behalf of the Cumberland County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Cumberland County Public Schools also issued an alert, encouraging community members to contact authorities with any information regarding Bridget&#8217;s whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridget Maeve Zeigler, 2, went missing in Cumberland County, Va. on Thursday, Sept. 24. (Virginia State Police) (NEW YORK) &#8212; A 2-year-old girl who went missing Thursday evening in Virginia was found safe early Friday afternoon in the woods by a search team, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office. The Cumberland Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the Federal Bureau [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}