Missing Superior teenager found in Wash.

It was a happy ending to a scary ordeal for Kelsey Ray's parents, Monica and Kevin, after their daughter was reported missing early last week. Sixteen-year-old Ray was picked up by police in Kirkland, Washington early Monday morning at 1 a.m. according to Hugh Hopwood.

Ray went missing from the Superior, Mt area on May 30, having been last seen at 4:16 p.m. A tip was provided on May 31, that Ray was seen in the Seattle area with Kegan Salter, 18, a known felon who was wanted for escaping from a probation officer. Hopwood said that she was also reported to have been seen with Jay Higgins. He said that they are still trying to put together what transpired from the time Ray went missing to when she was found last night.

"We're still picking up the pieces from last night," Hopwood said, "and trying to put together what transpired."

Hopwood said on Tuesday that her parents were on their way to go pick her up. Hopwood said information has linked Higgins and Salter to Kelsey and that both of them now face custodial interference charges, encouraging a child to leave their parents' home, which is a felony. He said that these two individuals had not been located as of Tuesday morning.

"I'm just really happy with the way it turned out," Hugh said. "Kelsey found herself in a rough crowd and it could have ended up with her in some serious trouble."

Hopwood said that this was a hard case for the department to work. He said with them being in Montana and her being somewhere in Washington there was a lot of stress involved, but the department put a lot of focus on the case.

"My people worked very hard," Hopwood said, "as well as with the Washington police. If we weren't on the phone with them at least once a day, it was every couple of hours."