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Danielle Reunited With Mother

Stepfather: Danielle Seemed Confused

POSTED: 1:44 pm EDT June 7, 2007

A mother and her 15-year-old daughter, who was missing for almost a year, were reunited on Wednesday.

Bloomfield police said they were executing search warrants to collect a swab of a man's DNA and seek other evidence at 258 Newington Road with the assistance of West Hartford police at about 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. They instead found the girl, identified as Danielle Erica Cramer, 15, of Bloomfield, who disappeared on June 14, 2006.

Danielle's stepfather spoke with CBS News on Thursday morning but had little to say.

"(We're) devastated right now. She's OK, and we're thankful for that. We're going to go from there. I can't say anything more," he said.

The stepfather said his wife met with Danielle at the hospital on Wednesday and said the teen seemed confused.

"They let mom see her yesterday. She's having some issues. She didn't know who she was," the stepfather said.

Police did not comment on Wednesday about Danielle's state of mind and physical condition when she was found. She was being examined by medical personnel.

Police said Danielle's parents are victims in this case, saying they have been very cooperative in the case. Danielle lived with her mother, stepfather and a brother, and police said family members, but not her parents, were involved with drugs.

"Unfortunately, this juvenile was in a lifestyle that was not the greatest," Bloomfield police Capt. Jeffrey Blatter said. "This was a child from troubled circumstances, and she found what she believed to be a friend, and from there, we're still questioning to find out exactly what point she went missing."

State Department of Children and Families spokesman Gary Kleeblatt said the agency has joined the investigation.

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