A 9-year-old Texas girl who disappeared in the fall of 2016 has been found in New Mexico after a segment on her case aired Friday on national TV, PEOPLE confirms. 
 
 Mariah Martinez, who was reported missing to authorities in Lubbock on Oct. 21, 2016, was found on Monday, according to Lubbock police and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. 
 
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 The segment about Mariah aired during an episode of the A&E reality series Live PD. Someone watching the episode subsequently called in a tip to NCMEC on Friday and they alerted investigators to Mariah’s whereabouts, the center posted online. 
 
 Live PD trails police officers in real time as they do their jobs, often capturing arrests as they occur. 
 
 Further information was unavailable about Mariah’s recovery, including about where and in what condition she was found. No one has been charged following her return. 
 
 Authorities have said Mariah and her two siblings — Jeremiah, who was 5 at the time, and Leimiah, who was just 2 — vanished in 2016 with their mother, Amanda Martinez, soon after a court order was issued removing the three siblings from her custody. 
 
 Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services started investigating the children’s parents after Jeremiah allegedly told his teacher his mother’s boyfriend abused him physically and threatened to kill the entire family. 
 
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 Local news outlets report that Amanda was arrested on Jan. 17, 2017, after returning to Lubbock and leaving Jeremiah and Leihmiah with a relative. 
 
 She was charged with interference with child custody, according to the Star-Telegram. Though her siblings were reportedly recovered following Amanda’s arrest, Mariah was nowhere to be found. 
 
 Investigators allege Amanda refused to disclose Mariah’s location. 
 
 Amanda pleaded no contest to the interference charge in April 2017, court records show. As a result, for three years she must avoid any additional arrests and is prohibited from having contact with her children. 
 
 She was ordered to submit to DNA testing, has to refrain from patronizing businesses that sell alcohol and complete substance abuse treatment, according to these records. In addition, she must be home between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. and was ordered to complete 120 hours of community service, of which she’s completed six. 
 
 In its statement Tuesday, Lubbock police said they were “thankful that the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children continued to place this case at the top of their priority list, ensuring that Mariah return[ed] home safely.” ||||| Two of three missing children are in custody of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services after their mother’s arrest on Tuesday morning following a three-month, multi-agency investigation. 
 
 Records show 27-year-old Amanda Martinez was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center early Tuesday on a state felony charge of interference with child custody. 
 
 Their maternal grandmother, 44-year-old Deanna Martinez has been in police custody since Dec. 26, after she was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico where officials say 8-year-old Mariah Martinez may still be. 
 
 Since October, detectives with the Lubbock Police Department’s juvenile unit have been working with Child Protective Services in an effort to locate the children after they were reported missing by a CPS investigator, LPD spokeswoman Tiffany Pelt said in a statement. 
 
 "After questioning the mother, police believe the 8-year-old female child is still in the New Mexico area." 
 
 Pelt said the mother was arrested at 2:45 a.m. in the 8900 block of University Avenue where she was staying after police were advised that the children were being dropped off at the residence. 
 
 The arrest comes more than a month after an indictment was handed down. 
 
 A capias through the State of Texas was issued on Nov. 30 for thertly after foarrest of Deanna Martinez and her daughter Amanda on a state felony charge of interference with child custody. 
 
 The two were indicted after investigators say they knowingly took or retained 8-year-old Mariah Martinez, 4-year-old Jeremiah Martinez and 2-year-old Leimiah Martinez in violation of court-approved custody orders to remove the children stemming from allegations of abuse. 
 
 On Oct. 21, a CPS investigator contacted local law enforcement to file a missing person report on behalf of the three siblings following court orders to remove them from Martinez’s custody amid allegations of abuse. 
 
 At the time of the initial LPD news release, officials said they believed the children were with family members in New Mexico. 
 
 Documents show Deanna Martinez’s first court appearance took place in Metropolitan Court in Albuquerque a day after her arrest. She was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on Dec. 30. 
 
 Allegations were detailed in an affidavit obtained by A-J Media in November, in which Jeremiah Martinez met with a CPS investigator during a school interview in early October. 
 
 Jeremiah reportedly told the investigator his mother’s boyfriend punched him in the nose as he tried to stop a fight between the couple. 
 
 Showing a history of violence, records show the mother’s boyfriend allegedly "threatened to drive the vehicle into the pond and kill the family." 
 
 According to the records, concern of sexual abuse arose after Jeremiah told investigators his family lived in the 6400 block of 37th Street with his grandfather, 45-year-old Christopher Martinez — a registered sex offender convicted of aggravted sexual assault in 2002. 
 
 During the CPS school interview with Jeremiah, school officials also told investigators they were concerened for Jeremiah’s older sister as she had missed a week of school. 
 
 Over the course of the investigation, drug tests were administered. 
 
 The affidavit shows Amanda Martinez, along with the children’s maternal grandmother Deanna Martinez, reportedly tested positive for methamphetamine. 
 
 Christopher Martinez, the children’s grandfather, reportedly used marijuana. 
 
 CPS history showed an investigation in 2006 in which Deanna Martinez was allegedly allowing her teenage children to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana, possibly providing them with the substances. 
 
 The case closed out weeks later with the investigator stating Deanna is "self-absorbed and detached from the children." 
 
 She had a warrant for her arrest at that time. 
 
 Amanda Martinez was first arrested on Nov. 1 after she was found in contempt of court after refusing to disclose the location of the children, records state. 
 
 Told the children were in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a maternal uncle, investigators reached out to him, saying he denied having the children with him. 
 
 The investigation continues as officials work to locate Mariah Martinez. 
 
 She is described as an 8-year-old Hispanic female with black hair and brown eyes, 4-feet-2, weighing 57 pounds. 
 
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 Callers may remain anonymous. ||||| After 12 years of clinging to hope that his missing daughter would be found safe, a Texas father is now waiting to reunite with the little girl who was taken from him. 
 
 Sabrina Allen, who was 4 when she went missing, was located in a small town southeast of Mexico City on Tuesday, authorities said. 
 
 Now 17, Allen was taken into custody, along with her non-custodial mother, Dara Llorens, and was flown back to Houston late Tuesday, authorities said. 
 
 "I'm going to ask her if I can give her a hug," the girl's father, Greg Allen, said through tears at an emotional news conference today. "She's in pretty bad shape as far as my understanding ... She was not living a regular life. She has not been going to school." 
 
 On April 19, 2002, Llorens allegedly took her daughter for a scheduled weekend visit as part of a court-ordered child custody agreement. 
 
 According to the FBI, Llorens never returned Sabrina to her father, who was her primary guardian, at the end of that weekend. 
 
 Acting on a tip from a confidential informant, Mexican officials worked with a team from private investigator Philip Klein's office to locate Allen and Llorens on Tuesday morning at a small apartment in Tlaxcala, authorities said. 
 
 Llorens was booked into Travis County Jail on an aggravated kidnapping charge. It was not immediately known if she had hired an attorney. 
 
 As Sabrina Allen readjusts to life in the United States, her father said he hopes she has some memories of their time together from before she was taken. 
 
 "I want to know her. She’s a completely different person, but they say personalities are formed by age five," Allen told ABC News' Austin affiliate KVUE in an exclusive interview. "[I'm] hoping she has some memories still.” 
 
 Allen said hiring Philip Klein as a private investigator and setting up a website for tips allowed him to never give up hope that he would one day be reunited with his daughter. 
 
 "Phil told me finding her would be the easy part. Getting her out will be the hard part," Allen said. 
 
 Now that Sabrina Allen is back home, Allen said he's patiently waiting to reunite with the daughter he worked to bring home for 12 years. 
 
 "She needs time to relax and just be a kid," he said. 
 
 ABC News' Dina Abou Salem contributed reporting. ||||| This Aug. 25, 2016 booking photo provided by the Metropolitan Detention Center shows Fabian Gonzales. Albuquerque police are charging Gonzales along with two other people in the death of a 10-year-old... (Associated Press) 
 
 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was in early morning darkness that officers scrambled to sort out the chaos at an Albuquerque apartment complex where a couple had reportedly been attacked, the woman bleeding from a head injury and the man with a black eye and wearing blood-stained shorts. 
 
 The woman told officers her 10-year-old daughter was still inside apartment number 808 from which they had escaped. 
 
 What the officers didn't know was that the child was already dead, her battered and dismembered body partially wrapped in a blanket and set ablaze. 
 
 With the fire alarm blaring, they busted in the front door and searched the smoke-filled apartment for Victoria Martens. In the bathroom, the real crime began to come into focus. 
 
 Investigators took into custody the girl's mother, her boyfriend and his cousin. 
 
 The community was left struggling to understand how a blossoming elementary school student who loved swimming and gymnastics could have been the target of such violence. 
 
 Details of what New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and law enforcement officials described as an unspeakable crime emerged in a criminal complaint made public Thursday. Police said Victoria was injected with methamphetamine, sexually assaulted, strangled and stabbed before being dismembered. 
 
 The killing happened on the day Victoria was going to celebrate her 10th birthday. 
 
 "This homicide is the most gruesome act of evil I have ever seen in my career," Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden Jr. said. 
 
 The girl's mother, 35-year-old Michelle Martens, her 31-year-old boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, and his 31-year-old cousin, Jessica Kelley, face charges of child abuse resulting in death, kidnapping and tampering with evidence. Gonzales and Kelley also face charges of criminal sexual penetration of a minor. 
 
 Gonzales denied having involvement with Victoria's death while reporters yelled questions at him as he was led out of the police station in handcuffs late Wednesday. The girl's mother said nothing as she taken from the police station to a police cruiser and driven away. 
 
 Kelley on Friday was booked into the county jail after being released from the hospital for injuries that stemmed from her jumping from the apartment's balcony in an effort to evade police. She probably won't make her initial court appearance until Saturday, said court spokeswoman Camille Baca. 
 
 Bail was set at $1 million each for Martens and Gonzales at their first court appearance Thursday afternoon. The two did not speak in court, and the public defense lawyer who represented them did not comment about the allegations. 
 
 As news spread about Victoria's death, neighbors and friends built a makeshift memorial under a tree near the apartment complex, adorning it with stuffed animals and candles. Some hugged while others cried and prayed. 
 
 In the evening, dozens of people gathered for a candlelight vigil and the shrine grew. 
 
 Christie Zamora said Victoria attended her gymnastics class every Saturday and always seemed happy. 
 
 "She was incredibly social," Zamora said. "It's just so tragic." 
 
 Another shrine was erected at Petroglyph Elementary School, where Victoria had just started the new school year. 
 
 School officials said in a statement that, like the rest of the community, their hearts ache. "Victoria is in our thoughts and prayers as we hold our children just a little tighter on this sad day," the statement read. 
 
 Neighbors said Victoria's mother worked at a nearby grocery store deli and they were shocked to see a mugshot of her in an orange jail jumpsuit. 
 
 Mugshots of Martens and Gonzales released by police showed them with bruises on their faces. According to the complaint, Gonzales said his cousin hit him and Martens with an iron, prompting him to jump over the balcony and run to a neighboring apartment for help. Martens also found her way outside. 
 
 Police initially went to the apartment complex early Wednesday after the neighbor reported the disturbance. 
 
 Victoria's mother told police she met Gonzales online about a month ago and that he drugged the girl so he could calm her down and have sex with her, the complaint said. 
 
 Gonzales pleaded no contest to a charge of child abandonment in 2015. He was not being monitored by probation officers because New Mexico Department of Corrections officials were unaware of a judge's order requiring supervised probation, said corrections spokeswoman Alex Sanchez. 
 
 Tim Korte, a spokesman for Albuquerque's 2nd District Court, said court records show the judgment mandating probation monitoring for Gonzales was sent to the corrections department in 2015. 
 
 Kelley's record includes battery, domestic violence and drug charges. The Albuquerque Journal reported that Kelley acted as a lookout while a woman allegedly raped another inmate at a regional detention center in 2012. 
 
 Martens told police she allowed Kelley to stay in her apartment after Kelley was recently released from prison. 
 
 Online court records show no criminal history in New Mexico for Martens. 
 
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– A reality TV show about police officers is to thank for the recovery of a 9-year-old Texas girl who went missing in 2016. Mariah Martinez and her two younger brothers disappeared with their mother, Amanda Martinez, soon after a court ordered the children removed from Amanda's custody in the fall of that year. Mariah's brother Jeremiah had allegedly told his teacher his mom's boyfriend physically abused him and threatened to kill the whole family, People reports. The Star-Telegram reports Amanda tested positive for meth shortly before taking off with the kids. In January 2017, Amanda was arrested after leaving the boys with a relative, but Mariah was not found and investigators say Amanda wouldn't reveal where she was. Enter LivePD, a series that airs on A&E and often shows police officers doing their jobs. The episode that aired Friday featured Mariah, and someone who was watching it called in a tip to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which then alerted investigators. Mariah was found Monday in New Mexico. No details were released about her recovery, including her condition, and no one has been charged since she was found. Lubbock police said in a statement she was returned home "safely," and NCMEC announced on Facebook that she is "SAFE," expressing gratitude to police and the show. Amanda Martinez's mother was arrested in New Mexico in December in relation to the case, Lubbock Online reports. Amanda Martinez pleaded no contest to a charge of interference with child custody and is prohibited from contact with her children for three years.