The autistic 16-year-old girl from Ocean City, who officials have been searching for for nearly a week has been found.

WPVI-TV in Philadelphia is reporting that Natalie Woollerton was found at 3:30 a.m. in Mesquite, Texas. That's about 14 miles east of Dallas.

Ocean City police say investigators in Texas spotted the Lexus Natalie drove off in back on Wednesday and found the 16-year-old safe and sound.

They are now working to piece together exactly what happened over the past few days.

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