Linek arrived at the airport, one of the busiest in the world, last Tuesday; she was originally scheduled to take a flight from Cleveland to Boston, but she ultimately missed her departure time and had to take another flight that connected down in Atlanta.

“We took her to the airport, she passed through security, we saw her go through security and to her gate,” the teen’s mother, Eleanor Linek, said, News 5 Cleveland (WEWS) reports. “We don’t know what happened, if she got something to eat or what, but she missed her plane.”

“She got on the plane in Cleveland and then she went down to Atlanta,” she continued. “They have verification that she did get off the plane from Cleveland that landed in Atlanta but the last time they saw her was in baggage claim.”

The family also shared that they were concerned because the teen, who has autism, requires medication that she did not have with her; she reportedly did not have a cellphone on her, either.

Emma’s father, Mike Linek, ultimately traveled down to the Peach State to help track her down, and the FBI became involved in the case.

“That flight change was unscheduled. So, she did not know that she was going to be in Atlanta,” FBI special agent Christopher Macrae noted, ABC News reports. “Her bags made it to Boston, but she did not. Our top priority is to locate Emma and to make sure she’s OK.”

Macrae also pointed out that security footage shows Emma leaving the airport with an unknown man; however, after interviewing him, authorities determined that the missing teen “was not with that individual.”

Thankfully, after nearly a week of being missing, the teen soon turned up at an Atlanta police station.

“Emma walked into a local police department late this afternoon and has been reunited w/ her father,” the FBI’s Atlanta branch tweeted on Sunday.

#UPDATE: 17 Year old Emma Linek has been located and is safe. Emma walked into a local police department late this afternoon and has been reunited w/ her father. FBI Atlanta appreciates the help of the media and public in spreading her picture and for all the information & tips. pic.twitter.com/XVF1UpZXFS

— FBI Atlanta (@FBIAtlanta) September 11, 2022

As Emma was initially on her way to Boston in order to resume her studies at a “therapeutic boarding school,” it seems same to assume that she made her way over there after reuniting with her concerned family members.