A tip-off led police to the address on Monday night where an officer, using a torch, spotted a small piece of blanket through a crack in the staircase.
According
to report, a six-year-old girl, missing for two years, has been found in a
secret room under a staircase.
A New York
State Police detective spotted her "tiny feet" in the "cold and
wet" hidden space.
Paislee
Shultis was allegedly abducted by her biological parents after losing custody
of her in 2019 - and police believe they have kept her hidden in the house
where her paternal grandfather lives in Saugerties in upstate New York.
“Detectives
used a tool to remove several of the wooden steps, and that is when detectives
saw a pair of tiny feet," police said.
"After
removing several more steps, the child and her abductor were discovered
within."
Paislee
and a 33-year-year-old woman was discovered in a small room under the stairs,
described as "small, cold and wet".
Police say
the girl appeared to be in good health.
A woman
was arrested and charged with custodial interference and endangering the
welfare of a child.
Two men at
the house were also arrested and charged with "felony custodial
interference" and "endangering the welfare of a child".
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