
LAKELAND, Fla. (WCTV Eyewiness News) – Authorities say a 4-year-old central Florida girl has been recovered in Tennessee and that the man who took her is in custody.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said on its Twitter page Monday afternoon that Rebecca Lewis and 31-year-old West Wild Hogs were located in Memphis.
A Memphis Police spokeswoman says an employee at a local hospital recognized the girl and the man mentioned in the Amber Alert out of Florida and called authorities.
Lt. Karen Rudolph told the Associated Press on Monday afternoon that a security guard at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis says an employee recognized Rebecca Lewis and 31-year-old West Wild Hogs around 12:57 p.m.
Rudolph says when police pulled up to the hospital they saw the car mentioned in the Amber Alert pulling out of the parking garage.
Officers stopped the car in the parking lot, and found the man and the girl inside. Hogs was detained and Rebecca was recovered. Neither had apparent injuries.
Police did not know why they were at the hospital.
Rudolph referred questions on possible charges to the FBI.
Polk County, Florida, sheriff Grady Judd said during a news conference earlier Monday that Hogs took Rebecca Lewis Saturday. They had been spotted on a surveillance video footage at a convenience store in Nashville.
Hogs is a friend of Rebecca’s family but had not seen them in more than two years. He was asked to leave the family’s home over two years ago after pulling a gun on the family.









