Authorities said they were not accompanied by an adult during their journey and they had voluntarily left their homes.

The girls were later shocked to see their images on a television in an Alabama convenience store and eventually decided to turn themselves in to local police.

The FBI is involved in the shocking case and are investigating a person they believe the two girls were planning to meet.

The kids have been safely returned to their families in Florida, police said.

Law enforcement agencies have ramped up efforts to warn parents about the danger of online predators and urged diligent monitoring of their online activities.

Authorities are investigating if the runaways were lured by a possible child sex trafficker.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there were 19,000 reports of child sex trafficking across the nation in 2022.

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