FAIRFIELD, Iowa (KCRG) - A man found in North Carolina with a 15-year-old from Fairfield now faces kidnapping charges.

25-year-old John Johnson, of Reidsville, North Carolina, is now charged in Jefferson County with kidnapping. That’s on top of additional charges in North Carolina.

Police found the teenager within 24 hours of her mom reporting her missing to the Fairfield Police Department this week. The department used special technology to find the man she was with, identified as John Johnson.

The victim’s mother contacted Fairfield Police on Sunday after noticing their daughter was no longer at home.

Location sharing technology led the family to the victim’s cell phone, which police found damaged on the outskirts of town.

The Fairfield teen in this case is now home and safe.

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