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Online gaming was likely game changer to find missing Utah teen

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The online game "Among Us" may have been a game changer in finding a Utah teenage girl missing for a year and a half, who investigators said was held against her will. Apparently, the girl communicated with another gamer and then more fully revealed her circumstances on a social media platform.

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