SALINA- Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating the reported abduction of a child on Tuesday.

Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney said officers were dispatched to north Salina just after 6:30p.m. after parents reported their 8-year-old daughter had disappeared from the backyard of their home.

Saline County Sheriff’s deputy nearby were able to locate the child.

She told officers an adult male had taken her from the backyard of her home to a wooded area nearby but she was able to getaway.

Police did not release a description of the suspect.