Randall Pruitt, who adopted the girl, was arrested Thursday in Tennessee and charged with rape, the sheriff said.<doc-sep>A 14-year-old girl missing from her Tennessee home for two weeks has been found 700 miles away in Wisconsin, and her stepfather has been arrested for raping her. The girl, who is not being named because she is the alleged victim of a sexual assault, was found on Thursday. She had been hiding out in Wisconsin for weeks while her mother and 41-year-old stepfather, Randall Pruitt, made appeals for her to come home on television. Police say she has been eating and is in a good condition. Scroll down for video The 14-year-old girl had been missing since January 13 when she vanished from her home in Madisonville, Tennessee. Randall Pruitt, her mother's husband who adopted her, has been arrested on rape charges Pruitt is shown in is mugshot on Thursday night. He is being held behind bars in Tennessee Pruitt, who legally adopted the girl after marrying her mother, was arrested on Thursday and charged with rape, and remains in custody in Tennessee. The girl has relatives in Wisconsin but was not staying with them when she was found. In a press conference on Thursday, Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones confirmed that the teenager was the victim of the alleged rape but he would not give further details on when it happened. Earlier this week, Pruitt made an emotional television appearance where he said life had 'stopped' since the girl went missing. 'Life has just ceased for us since the day she left,' her father, Randall Pruitt, said during a press conference. 'It's like having your soul ripped out of your body. You can't think, you can't eat, you can't sleep, you can't rest. 'She has never misbehaved or been a bad kid ever. This is way out in left field for her. Pruitt and the girl's mother, Christina, made emotional, televised appeals for her to come home earlier this week 'Please come home, we do miss you terribly,' he said. The girl's mother, Christina, has not been charged. She was bereft as she spoke during their appeal. 'She was my sunshine, and now my sunshine is gone. Please help us find our baby, please. 'We're very heartbroken. I miss her. I don't understand...none of us understand,' she said. Authorities believed the girl may have returned to Kentucky, where she lived with her family until a month ago, after her cell phone pinged near her old hometown. It went dark afterwards and she did not use social media for several weeks. It is unclear if she has been brought back to Tennessee or if she is still in Wisconsin. Pruitt is being held at the Monroe County Jail.<doc-sep>(CNN) — A 14-year-old girl who disappeared from Tennessee more than two weeks ago has been found alive in Wisconsin and her father is now charged with rape, authorities said Thursday. The girl is “doing fine,” Sheriff Tommy Jones of Monroe County, Tennessee, said Thursday. Randall Pruitt, who adopted the girl, was arrested Thursday in Tennessee and charged with rape, the sheriff said. “(The girl) would be the victim in that,” Jones said. The sheriff did not provide many details about the case in a news conference Thursday, but said there could be additional suspects. “I’m having to be vague on all my statements because this is still an ongoing investigation,” he said. “At this point, we are still investigating there’s a possibility of multiple other charges coming forth with multiple people involved.” Asked if there is a connection between the girl and the residence where she was found, Jones told reporters his office does not believe there is any relation to the person living in the Wisconsin home. Pruitt is being held with no bond and his first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s online records. CNN is not naming the girl because she is the alleged victim of sexual assault. The girl had last been seen January 13 at her home in Madisonville, in eastern Tennessee between Chattanooga and Knoxville.<doc-sep>
Missing Tennessee 14-year-old found alive in Wisconsin originally appeared on abcnews.go.com A missing 14-year-old girl was found alive in Wisconsin on Thursday, nearly 700 miles away from her home in Tennessee, police said. She had been reported missing earlier this month, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said Thursday night. Police arrested her adoptive father, Randall Pruitt, on rape charges earlier on Thursday. "He was arrested and charged with rape. We don't believe at this time that he had any connections to her being a runaway or missing," Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones said at a press conference Thursday. "I have to be vague in all my statement because this is still an ongoing investigation." (MORE: Fiance of missing Colorado mom wants wrongful death lawsuit against him dismissed) He said there is a possibility of "multiple other charges coming forward" with multiple people involved. The young girl vanished from her home in Madisonville, Tennessee, about 70 miles east of Chattanooga, on Jan. 13, police said. Her mother said she last saw her before she went to bed between 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. PHOTO: Randall Pruitt of Monroe County, Tenn., was arrested and charged with rape on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (Monroe County Sheriff's Office) Jones said he couldn't release who she was with at the time when she was found, but he noted that she does have family in Wisconsin. He said he doesn't believe she was related to the people that she was found with. (MORE: Missing 3-year-old North Carolina boy found alive) "She is safe. She is in custody so that's a very good ending to this as far as we're concerned," Jones said. "She’s had shelter, she’s been eating and , according to the information that we got back, she’s doing fine." ABC News is not identifying the teen because she is an alleged victim of sexual assault, according to police.