A 15-year-old Mississauga girl at the centre of an Amber Alert has been found safe in Toronto.
Peel Regional Police say a witness saw a girl matching Alyssa Langille's description forced into a minivan by two men on St. Barbara Blvd at Comiskey Cr Sunday afternoon. The van, believed to be a grey, older model Honda Odyssey with tinted back windows, took off toward Derry Rd W.
Alyssa's family reported her missing and after investigating both incidents police believed she was the girl forced into the van.
Peel Regional Police handout
An Amber Alert was issued for Alyssa just after 5 a.m. Monday. She was located on a TTC bus by Toronto Police in the 10 o'clock hour and the Amber Alert was officially cancelled just after 11 a.m.
Alyssa's parents tell NEWSTALK 1010 they have endured a difficult few months, reporting their daughter missing at least three times.
"We've been going through hell," Bob Langille told NEWSTALK 1010 Monday morning. "It seems like every other week it's just another blow."
Candy Langille describes her daughter as young, vulnerable and hanging out with "the wrong crowd". Her father says he discovered her cellphone full of photos of older boys and young men, some holding guns after grounding her last week.
Alyssa's parents say she had been "red-flagged for prostitution and that they had been promised support from Victim Services after she was found by police in a Burlington hotel last month as they investigated a gun call.
Peel Regional Police Sgt. Josh Colley said Monday there was no information to link Alyssa's disappearance to the sex trade. It is not clear if police still believe there was any criminality involved.
Police had been looking for two men of South Asian descent. One was believed to be 24-years-old, tall with a thin build wearing an orange turban, a grey sweater with cut-off sleeves and a green shirt underneath.