Missing Teen Found 63 Miles From Home After Leaving 'Goodbye' Note

A missing 17-year-old girl was found more than 60 miles from her Texas home four days after leaving a chilling "goodbye" note claiming she'd be gone for a "long time," KHOU reported on Sunday (June 2).

Geneva Hodge was reported missing from her Bellville home Wednesday (May 29) morning after her mother, Francis Schrader , discovered the frightening note on her bed, which she reportedly left hours prior.

“‘This will be the last time that you’ll hear from me for a very long time and it says I love you mom, I’ll always be your little girl,’” Schrader said the note from her daughter stated via KHOU .

Schrader feared for her daughter's safety, suspecting that she had been persuaded or coached by someone else to write the note.

“Everybody’s read this letter and they’re like, 'that’s not Geneva. That’s just not her,'” she said.

Schrader said she and Geneva had gotten into an argument about a romantic relationship the teen was having with an older man prior to her disappearance, the Daily Mail reported. Geneva reportedly left behind her cell phone and clothes and hadn't used a debit card during the time she was missing, according to her mother.

Schrader feared that her daughter, who is set to begin her senior year of high school in the fall, could've been the victim of human trafficking after being spotted with an older man. The mother received a call from a stranger who called the number listed on a missing poster flyer for Geneva after spotting her in Spring, Texas, about 63 miles away from the family's home four days after her disappearance.

Schrader drove to the town and picked up her daughter , with the Bellville Police Department confirming Hodge was found Sunday. Private investigator Colman Ryan , who worked with Schrader to find her missing daughter, told KHOU that while details about Geneva's disappearance are scarce, something about the situation felt off.

“She says and the closest people around her have said, that’s not her, something’s wrong here. I agree. Who would know better,” he said.