UPDATE: Endangered child Skyla Wilson found, returning home tonight

From left, Taryn Young, Mesa County Department of Human Services, Clara Hanacek, Skyla Wilson and Sheriff Eric Watson at Grand Junction Airport in Mesa County, Col.
From left, Taryn Young, Mesa County Department of Human Services, Clara Hanacek, Skyla Wilson and Sheriff Eric Watson at Grand Junction Airport in Mesa County, Col.
photo Skyla Lashay Wilson.

UPDATED: Skyla Lashay Wilson will return to East Tennessee tonight, accompanied by her grandmother Clara Hanacek and Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson, according to a sheriff's office announcement today.

Wilson, of Cleveland, has been listed as missing and endangered for two weeks after relatives last saw her with her non-custodial father, Michael Wilson.

A multi-agency effort resulted in Wilson's recovery in Grand Junction, Colo., on Wednesday evening.

The sheriff's office has announced it will hold a news conference at the Chattanooga Airport at 9 p.m. tonight, shortly after the trio's flight lands.

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UPDATED: At around 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time a multi-agency traffic stop by the Grand Junction Colorado Police Department, the Palisade Colorado Police Department and the Mesa County Sheriff's Office on I-70 led to the recovery of 2-year-old Skyla Lashay Wilson, who was found in the company of her non-custodial father Michael WIlson.

Skyla Wilson is safe and appears to be unharmed, while Michael Wilson has been taken into custody in order to be extradited back to Bradley County.

Michael Wilson has an outstanding warrant for "Custodial Interference" in which investigators will seek to amend the charge to "Aggravated Kidnapping."

A press-conference will be announced this morning and disseminated to media outlets.

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