LANCASTER, SC (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Lancaster Police say a missing 3-year-old girl who had last been seen Friday morning with her mother who officials say was ‘prohibited’ from contacting her, has been found safe.
Police said Zoya Meredith went missing around 8:50 a.m. on Friday. She was last seen with her biological mother, 35-year-old Cherrica Nichole “Nikki” Meredith.
Missing 3-year-old Lancaster girl last seen with mother ‘prohibited’ from contacting her, police say
Meredith, who police said was prohibited by the Department of Social Services from having contact with Zoya, had driving a 2013 silver 4-door Buick, according to authorities.
Police later said they responded to calls regarding the incident around 9 a.m. Friday where a caretaker said the mother attacked them, took the child, and fled the scene.
Zoya was located safe in Fairfax, Virginia around 2 a.m. Saturday and the mother was arrested. She is being extradited back to Lancaster and will face multiple charges, the police report stated.