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UPDATE: Missing U.S. woman, 25, reappears

Courtesy OIJ
Courtesy OIJ

UPDATE: An official for the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) said Wednesday morning that Jessica Jana Johnson had reappeared Tuesday after an alert went out about the missing persons case. The 25-year-old U.S. tourist had been missing since Feb. 20, according to an OIJ statement.

The official said Johnson’s family asked that the OIJ not share any other details about the case.

 

 

 

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