By Cathy Locke and Bill Lindelof
A 14-year-old Sutter County girl was back home with her mother Wednesday night after she was found in Gridley earlier in the day.
Elvia Flores was the subject of an Amber Alert and a widespread search in Sutter County after it was reported that she had been kidnapped Monday at Live Oak High School.
But based on interviews with Flores on Wednesday afternoon, "we don't feel there was any type of abduction," said Sutter County sheriff's Sgt. Glen Mercer.
Sheriff's officials reported that they received a call from the Gridley Police Department about 2 p.m. Wednesday advising them that a Gridley police officer had spotted Flores walking down an alley in the area of Oak Street and taken her into custody.
Mercer said Flores and a girl who reported that she and Flores were kidnapped from Live Oak High School on Monday apparently left the area of their own accord. He said it appears Flores left with the intention of visiting someone.
Flores was dropped off at the high school Monday by her mother. The other girl said that she and Flores had been abducted outside the high school by four or five men.
The girlfriend told deputies about the alleged abduction after the California Highway Patrol found her at a gas station in Orland.
Mercer said sheriff's investigators are still interviewing people and have several loose ends to tie up before deciding whether anyone will be charged with a crime.
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