Paislee Shultis, a child who was kidnapped two years ago at the age of four, was found alive in a makeshift room underneath a closed staircase that led to the basement of a home in the town of Saugerties in upstate New York, police said.

Police have long suspected her biological, non-custodial parents, Kimberly Cooper and Kirk Shultis Jr., of kidnapping the girl, but previous searches of their home in Saugerties came up empty.

Saugerties police Chief Joseph Sinagra told reporters one of the officers searching the home noticed something odd about the basement steps that made him take a closer look and found Paislee and Kimberly.

Paislee was taken to hospital, where doctors deemed her to be in good health before releasing her to be reunited with her legal guardian and older sister.

Both Cooper and Kirk Shultis Jr., along with his father Kirk Shultis Sr., now face charges in the case.


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