The Ohio teenager who went missing 23 days ago after going outside her house to take her dog for a walk has been found more than 500 miles away.

Alexis 'Lexi' Boroviak, 15, was rescued by authorities on Tuesday afternoon at a home in Marthasville, Missouri, a nine-hour car drive away from her home in Brooklyn, Ohio.

Police have now revealed she was being held against her will and they have arrested 41-year-old Chris Schroeder, who is facing both federal and state charges.

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Returned: Alexis 'Lexi' Boroviak (above) was found Tuesday afternoon being held against her will in a home located in Marthasville, Missouri

Behind bars: Chris Schroeder, 41 (above in his mug shot and in a Facebook picture), has been arrested and is facing both state and federal charges

According to the FBI's criminal complaint, Schroeder and Lexi met on the social media app Kik and the teenager said she was unhappy at home.

Schroeder then drove the nine hours back to his home with Lexi and then engaged in intercourse with her.

He told her she was to clean for him and needed to lose weight and change her physical appearance.

He also destroyed her cell phone and SIM card.

Authorities found two video cameras recording the bed in the room Lexi was staying in, and upon reviewing the videos found one of the pair having sexual intercourse.

Lexi said she wanted to go home and Schroeder refused to allow this. She said she was afraid of him because he had so many guns.

Helping hand: Nicholas Cage (above with Lexi's stepfather) helped bring attention to the case

Lexi went to walk her family's dog around 7:30pm on Sunday November 8 and just ten minutes later her stepsister walked inside to say the dog was wandering around in front of the house and Lexi was nowhere to be found.

Thousands came together to try and help locate the teenager, including actor Nicholas Cage and the three women who spent a decade held captive in a Cleveland house of horrors.

Cleveland.com reported that just days after Lexi disappeared Michelle Knight, Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry lent their support for the search at a flashlight rally.

It was the first time the three women had been together in over a year.

Also present was Lexi's mother Linda Chalfant and stepfather Britton Ramsey who said that if the young girl simply ran away she could return home at any time.

Chalfant gave an interview to reporter Scott Taylor on Wednesday saying that when she got the news that Lexi was safe it was the happiest day of her life.

She also thanked all the volunteers who helped in the search for her daughter.

Fox 8 reports that police had said last month shortly after Lexi disappeared: 'At this time, while her location is yet unknown, several pieces of credible information suggest that Alexis had made plans to run away.

'She had clearly informed friends and extended family members of her intention, but did not offer any solid information as to her intended destination.'

Police said that Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force worked with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in helping to locate Lexi.

According to the FBI's criminal complaint, Schroeder and Lexi (above) met on Kik and the teenager said she was unhappy at home

House of Horrors victim Knight had promised Lexi's loved ones that the teen would get home safely at rally a week after she went missing.

Knight was just 21-years-old when she was kidnapped by Ariel Castro.

She has detailed the horrors she faced while in captivity, including being chained in the basement and attic of Castro's home and beaten and starved whenever she became pregnant - which resulted in five miscarriages.

She was freed from the home when Berry realized Castro had forgotten to lock a door.

Berry fled the house with her six-year-old daughter - whom she had given birth to after being raped by Castro - and made contact with neighbors, leading to the discovery of of Knight and DeJesus.

Castro was arrested within hours of the women's rescue on May 6, 2013 and pleaded guilty to 937 criminal counts of rape, kidnapping and aggravated murder in court as part of a plea deal.