( CNN ) -- After an agonizing week of waiting , hoping and praying , Brett Anderson reunited with his 16-year-old daughter , Hannah , on Sunday , according to a source close to the situation . Hannah was rescued in the Idaho wilderness after an FBI agent shot and killed the family friend suspected of killing her mother and brother , burning his own house down and kidnapping the girl . James DiMaggio 's death and Hannah 's rescue late Saturday afternoon ended a frantic , weeklong manhunt . The girl did not appear to have significant physical injuries , authorities said . `` It 's now healing time , '' the girl 's father said in a text message to CNN . `` They did n't fit '' Hannah went missing after cheerleading practice in San Diego County , California , on August 3 . The next day , the bodies of her mother , Christina Anderson , and 8-year-old brother , Ethan , were found about 45 miles east in DiMaggio 's burned house in Boulevard . That horror spurred a manhunt , which zeroed in on central Idaho after two critical clues : the discovery of DiMaggio 's blue Nissan Versa outside the city of Cascade and a sighting of the pair by horseback riders . One of the horseback riders on Sunday described multiple `` red flags '' that were raised during their brief interaction with the pair , including their brand-new camping equipment and the pajama-like bottoms Hannah was wearing . Mark John recalled the interaction as `` just like a square peg going into a round hole . They did n't fit . '' Another rider , Mike Young , said it looked like Hannah `` had a scared look on her face , '' adding about DiMaggio : `` I just had a gut feeling about him . '' Unaware of the Amber Alert , however , the horseback riders continued on , and only after seeing a news report on the pair upon returning home did the group put the puzzle pieces together . `` When I seen that picture on the screen , I told my wife , I said , 'That is the girl that was up on that mountain , ' '' John recalled . Hundreds of law enforcement agents scoured 300 square miles of rough terrain , hampered by the smoke from nearby wildfires . Key moments in the manhunt . Late Saturday afternoon , they spotted the pair 's campsite near Morehead Lake , Idaho . But the topography was so steep , helicopters had to drop authorities off far away from the camp . Hostage rescue teams had to hike more than two hours to get to the scene , local sheriffs ' departments said . They moved in carefully so they would n't alert DiMaggio that they were coming . `` Once the teams set up , they waited until DiMaggio and Hannah separated and moved in , '' the Valley and Ada county sheriffs ' offices said . Authorities ushered Hannah to an area where a helicopter could whisk her away . At some point , a `` confrontation '' ensued between authorities and DiMaggio , San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said . The confrontation ended when an FBI tactical agent shot and killed the murder and kidnapping suspect . `` Obviously we would have liked for Mr. DiMaggio to surrender and face justice in the court of law , '' Gore said . `` But that 's not going to be the case . '' 'Hannah is safe ' Hannah did n't appear to have significant physical injuries , but was immediately taken to a hospital , the sheriff 's spokeswoman said . `` Hannah is safe , and that was our first priority from the very beginning , '' Valley County , Idaho , Sheriff Patti Bolen said . In his text to CNN , Brett Anderson expressed a range of emotions upon hearing of his daughter 's rescue soon after his wife and son 's death . `` I am nervous excited saddened 4 my wife and son and worried what my daughter has been through , '' he wrote . Father of missing teen pleads for daughter 's release . Witness : DiMaggio had crush . A friend of Hannah Anderson detailed the relationship she observed between DiMaggio and the teen . Marissa Chavez told CNN that she was in a car with Hannah and DiMaggio , 40 , a few months ago when he told Hannah he had a crush on her . He followed it up by saying if he was her age , he would date Hannah , Chavez said . Hannah was unnerved by the comments , but did not tell her mother because she did not want to ruin the close relationship that her parents had with DiMaggio , Chavez said . But Hannah did not want to be alone with DiMaggio after that , Chavez said . `` I do n't think she would have gone willingly with him at all , '' she said . In an earlier episode , Chavez recalled a trip that DiMaggio and Hannah took to Hollywood . The trip was supposed to be for one week , but Hannah told Chavez that they came back after two days because DiMaggio was upset that she was n't paying enough attention to him . Search intensified after car spotted . DiMaggio 's car was found after John reported he had a brief conversation with two campers in the Idaho wilderness on Wednesday . Why more Amber alerts will be waking you up . DiMaggio 's car was found unoccupied Friday -- hidden by brush , with its license plate removed -- spurring authorities to intensify their search in that area . Ultimately , DiMaggio was spotted and killed not far from where he left his car , said Andrea Dearden , spokeswoman for Idaho 's Ada County sheriff 's office . Father of missing teen pleads for daughter 's release . From anguish to elation . Grief over the deaths of Hannah 's mother and brother gave way to euphoria after the teen was found alive . `` We 're very excited , '' Sara Britt , Hannah and Ethan 's grandmother , said Sunday . `` Just ecstatic . Jubilation . We could n't ask for anything more . This is the outcome we wanted . '' But the outcome was also bittersweet for Britt and her husband , Ralph , who lost their daughter Christina and grandson Ethan in the ordeal . Asked whether she had any sense that DiMaggio might have been capable of the alleged crimes , Sara Britt said never . `` Even the way it turned out -- I mean he loved little E , and he loved my daughter , and for him to do such a horrific act , it 's just not fathomable . I ca n't understand it because he loved them too , '' she said . Ralph Britt said he wants Christina to be remembered `` as a daughter and a mother of two great kids . That 's it . '' CNN 's Gregg Canes , Miguel Marquez , AnneClaire Stapleton , Mariano Castillo and Alicia Eakin contributed to this report .
NEW : 16-year-old James DiMaggio is reunited with her father . `` They did n't fit , '' a horseback rider says of seeing Hannah Anderson and her alleged abductor . The teenager is rescued in the Valley County wilderness . An Britt tactical agent shot and killed suspect Hannah .