Girl, 7, who went missing from Georgia nine days ago is found alive 1,400 miles away in PUERTO RICO

A seven-year-old girl who disappeared with her mother in Georgia has been found nine days later in Puerto Rico.

Stella Brannen Salter and her mother Wendy Salter, 46, were last seen in Lyons, Georgia, on March 29 and left town after that.

They were believed to be traveling in a 2007 gold Volvo C70 with Georgia tag GEE777.

She was arrested by local police at a shop on the Caribbean island about 12pm on Saturday and taken to Bayamón Correctional Complex.

Stella was found in a nearby hotel room where they were staying but local media reported they were camped out in the shop days earlier.

Wendy did not have custody of her daughter, and Stella has been returned to her father, Jeremy Salter.