Missing girl found after five years

Wednesday, July 1, 1998 | 4:30 a.m.

Cruzita Homnack was abducted by her mother, Kendra Hogue, in 1993. Cruzita's father had custody of her.

Several people called authorities after seeing Cruzita's picture earlier this month in a nationwide advertising campaign by ADVO, sponsored by the National Center for Missing and Abducted Children.

The girl and her mother had been living in Las Vegas but had changed their identities.

Police arrested Hogue on Friday for violations of custody rights and criminal contempt. Cruzita was taken into protective custody and should be able to see her father soon.

"It's hard to believe that after all of this time I will see my daughter again," said the girl's father, Stewart Homnack.

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