A 13-year-old Missouri girl has been found 850 miles from home in New Mexico with a 55-year-old man who allegedly kidnapped her after she developed a relationship with him over Facebook . Hannah Kennish sneaked out of her mother 's house in Montrose , Missouri , Sunday morning and met Raymond Vallia , a married grandfather who had driven up from Texas to pick her up , according to police . She was found safe Monday afternoon in Vallia 's truck when New Mexico State Police troopers pulled them over on the highway outside Moriarty , New Mexico - about 40 miles from Albuquerque . She was nearly 850 miles from home . Hannah Kennish , 13 , ran away from her home in the tiny town of Montrose , Missouri , and was kidnapped by a 55-year-old man she met online , police say . Raymond Vallia , a 55-year-old married grandfather , has been charged with her kidnapping after he carried on a relationship with Hannah for months , police say . Vallia lived in Texas with his wife ( left ) but kept an apartment in Albuquerque , according to police . He is awaiting extradition back to Missouri to face charges . Vallia , a Navy veteran who lives with his wife in Texas but keep an apartment in Albuquerque , has been charged with child kidnapping . He is being held in New Mexico while he awaits extradition back to Missouri . Her mother Amy Kennish says she awoke Sunday morning and discovered her daughter was not in her room an that the backdoor was open . After frantically searching her house and yard , she called police , she told the Kansas City Star . 'She just vanished , ' Ms Kennish told the newspaper . An Amber Alert was issued . The FBI in Kansas City searched Hannah 's phone and computer and discovered that she had been carrying on a relationship with Vallia for several months over social media . Hannah was found 850 miles from her home in the tiny western Missouri town of Montrose . Hannah 's mother Amy Kennish ( right ) reported her daughter missing on Sunday morning when she awoke to find the back door of her house open and her daughter gone . Ms Kennish sobbed as she described the moment her daughter was found safe . She said she had no idea Hannah was carrying on an online relationship with a grown man . Police say she may have told Vallia that she was older than 13 - though she knew that he was 55 , KOAT-TV reported . Police say Hannah had several social media accounts under different names . Ms Kennish said she had no idea her daughter was so active online . That revelation helped police track the pair to New Mexico . Ms Kennish was overjoyed by the revelation that her daughter was safe . They just said 'They have her . They have her , ' she said between tears , describing the moment she learned that Hannah was located . Hannah is currently in the custody of child protection workers in New Mexico , awaiting a flight back to Missouri to be reunited with her family .
Raymond Vallia picked Hannah Kennish up in her tiny town of Montrose , Missouri , Sunday morning . She was a student at the University of Kansas and had just finished an internship with the National Park Service. The pair were stopped outside Albuquerque , New Mexico , where Vallia keeps an apartment .