A 9-year-old Texas girl who disappeared in the fall of 2016 has been found in New Mexico after a segment on her case aired Friday on national TV, PEOPLE confirms. 
 
 Mariah Martinez, who was reported missing to authorities in Lubbock on Oct. 21, 2016, was found on Monday, according to Lubbock police and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. 
 
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 The segment about Mariah aired during an episode of the A&E reality series Live PD. Someone watching the episode subsequently called in a tip to NCMEC on Friday and they alerted investigators to Mariah’s whereabouts, the center posted online. 
 
 Live PD trails police officers in real time as they do their jobs, often capturing arrests as they occur. 
 
 Further information was unavailable about Mariah’s recovery, including about where and in what condition she was found. No one has been charged following her return. 
 
 Authorities have said Mariah and her two siblings — Jeremiah, who was 5 at the time, and Leimiah, who was just 2 — vanished in 2016 with their mother, Amanda Martinez, soon after a court order was issued removing the three siblings from her custody. 
 
 Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services started investigating the children’s parents after Jeremiah allegedly told his teacher his mother’s boyfriend abused him physically and threatened to kill the entire family. 
 
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 Local news outlets report that Amanda was arrested on Jan. 17, 2017, after returning to Lubbock and leaving Jeremiah and Leihmiah with a relative. 
 
 She was charged with interference with child custody, according to the Star-Telegram. Though her siblings were reportedly recovered following Amanda’s arrest, Mariah was nowhere to be found. 
 
 Investigators allege Amanda refused to disclose Mariah’s location. 
 
 Amanda pleaded no contest to the interference charge in April 2017, court records show. As a result, for three years she must avoid any additional arrests and is prohibited from having contact with her children. 
 
 She was ordered to submit to DNA testing, has to refrain from patronizing businesses that sell alcohol and complete substance abuse treatment, according to these records. In addition, she must be home between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. and was ordered to complete 120 hours of community service, of which she’s completed six. 
 
 In its statement Tuesday, Lubbock police said they were “thankful that the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children continued to place this case at the top of their priority list, ensuring that Mariah return[ed] home safely.” ||||| Two of three missing children are in custody of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services after their mother’s arrest on Tuesday morning following a three-month, multi-agency investigation. 
 
 Records show 27-year-old Amanda Martinez was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center early Tuesday on a state felony charge of interference with child custody. 
 
 Their maternal grandmother, 44-year-old Deanna Martinez has been in police custody since Dec. 26, after she was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico where officials say 8-year-old Mariah Martinez may still be. 
 
 Since October, detectives with the Lubbock Police Department’s juvenile unit have been working with Child Protective Services in an effort to locate the children after they were reported missing by a CPS investigator, LPD spokeswoman Tiffany Pelt said in a statement. 
 
 "After questioning the mother, police believe the 8-year-old female child is still in the New Mexico area." 
 
 Pelt said the mother was arrested at 2:45 a.m. in the 8900 block of University Avenue where she was staying after police were advised that the children were being dropped off at the residence. 
 
 The arrest comes more than a month after an indictment was handed down. 
 
 A capias through the State of Texas was issued on Nov. 30 for thertly after foarrest of Deanna Martinez and her daughter Amanda on a state felony charge of interference with child custody. 
 
 The two were indicted after investigators say they knowingly took or retained 8-year-old Mariah Martinez, 4-year-old Jeremiah Martinez and 2-year-old Leimiah Martinez in violation of court-approved custody orders to remove the children stemming from allegations of abuse. 
 
 On Oct. 21, a CPS investigator contacted local law enforcement to file a missing person report on behalf of the three siblings following court orders to remove them from Martinez’s custody amid allegations of abuse. 
 
 At the time of the initial LPD news release, officials said they believed the children were with family members in New Mexico. 
 
 Documents show Deanna Martinez’s first court appearance took place in Metropolitan Court in Albuquerque a day after her arrest. She was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on Dec. 30. 
 
 Allegations were detailed in an affidavit obtained by A-J Media in November, in which Jeremiah Martinez met with a CPS investigator during a school interview in early October. 
 
 Jeremiah reportedly told the investigator his mother’s boyfriend punched him in the nose as he tried to stop a fight between the couple. 
 
 Showing a history of violence, records show the mother’s boyfriend allegedly "threatened to drive the vehicle into the pond and kill the family." 
 
 According to the records, concern of sexual abuse arose after Jeremiah told investigators his family lived in the 6400 block of 37th Street with his grandfather, 45-year-old Christopher Martinez — a registered sex offender convicted of aggravted sexual assault in 2002. 
 
 During the CPS school interview with Jeremiah, school officials also told investigators they were concerened for Jeremiah’s older sister as she had missed a week of school. 
 
 Over the course of the investigation, drug tests were administered. 
 
 The affidavit shows Amanda Martinez, along with the children’s maternal grandmother Deanna Martinez, reportedly tested positive for methamphetamine. 
 
 Christopher Martinez, the children’s grandfather, reportedly used marijuana. 
 
 CPS history showed an investigation in 2006 in which Deanna Martinez was allegedly allowing her teenage children to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana, possibly providing them with the substances. 
 
 The case closed out weeks later with the investigator stating Deanna is "self-absorbed and detached from the children." 
 
 She had a warrant for her arrest at that time. 
 
 Amanda Martinez was first arrested on Nov. 1 after she was found in contempt of court after refusing to disclose the location of the children, records state. 
 
 Told the children were in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a maternal uncle, investigators reached out to him, saying he denied having the children with him. 
 
 The investigation continues as officials work to locate Mariah Martinez. 
 
 She is described as an 8-year-old Hispanic female with black hair and brown eyes, 4-feet-2, weighing 57 pounds. 
 
 Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Line at (806) 741-1000. 
 
 Callers may remain anonymous. ||||| Mariah Martinez went missing from Lubbock, Texas on Oct. 21, 2016. She was found this week in New Mexico, after a TV cop show rerun. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Screenshot ||||| See more of National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on Facebook
– A reality TV show about police officers is to thank for the recovery of a 9-year-old Texas girl who went missing in 2016. Mariah Martinez and her two younger brothers disappeared with their mother, Amanda Martinez, soon after a court ordered the children removed from Amanda's custody in the fall of that year. Mariah's brother Jeremiah had allegedly told his teacher his mom's boyfriend physically abused him and threatened to kill the whole family, People reports. The Star-Telegram reports Amanda tested positive for meth shortly before taking off with the kids. In January 2017, Amanda was arrested after leaving the boys with a relative, but Mariah was not found and investigators say Amanda wouldn't reveal where she was. Enter LivePD, a series that airs on A&E and often shows police officers doing their jobs. The episode that aired Friday featured Mariah, and someone who was watching it called in a tip to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which then alerted investigators. Mariah was found Monday in New Mexico. No details were released about her recovery, including her condition, and no one has been charged since she was found. Lubbock police said in a statement she was returned home "safely," and NCMEC announced on Facebook that she is "SAFE," expressing gratitude to police and the show. Amanda Martinez's mother was arrested in New Mexico in December in relation to the case, Lubbock Online reports. Amanda Martinez pleaded no contest to a charge of interference with child custody and is prohibited from contact with her children for three years.