UPDATE: Missing Carteret mom, daughter located

EWING — Police searching for a Carteret woman and her 5-year-old daughter who never made it to the Mercer County Airport on Thursday said they were located on Friday morning.

Sawatha Ford, 47, left Union Township around 3:43 a.m. to catch a flight but did not get on the plane, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey. She was last seen on Bear Tavern Road in Ewing which is the southwest boundary of the airport.

Carey said they were found safe in a Virginia hotel early Friday morning. He did not disclose any information on how they got there or why.

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