A missing Illinois teenager was found by Border Patrol agents at a Laredo checkpoint.

According to the Border Patrol, during an interview at the Highway 35 checkpoint, the driver and a passenger were questioned.

During the interview the passenger revealed she was 17-years-old and a possible victim of kidnapping.

Agents contacted the teenager’s stepmother and verified that her stepdaughter had been kidnapped July 19 from the family’s home in Illinois.

The mother had filed a missing person’s report in Cumberland County with the Toledo Sheriff’s Office.

Agents contacted the sheriff’s office and verified the missing person’s report.

The teenager was turned over to the custody of the Webb County Sheriff’s Office to be reunited with her family.