Missing Monterey Park teen found safe outside local TV station

A missing Monterey Park teen was found safe Tuesday outside a local TV station.

There was no signs of foul play around the disappearance of Alison Jillian Chao , according to Jose Romero, an attorney retained by Alison's father, Jeffrey Chao.

Romero said at a news conference Tuesday that the 15-year-old “left on her own accord on her bicycle” from her home on July 16 and showed up at the KABC station on her own.

Her father said Tuesday Alison is “a very intelligent person and she’s a godly person with a really good heart."

Alison is currently being interviewed by the Monterey Park Police Department and Family Child Services have been contacted, according to Romero. Her family had yet to meet or speak with her as of Tuesday afternoon.

A Glendale woman who declined to give her name out of privacy concerns told The Times on Tuesday that she saw a girl who resembled Alison slip by security guard at the KABC offices in Glendale and alerted him. She said she heard the girl say she wanted to tell the news station her side of the story.

Romero declined to comment on a YouTube video circulating online in which Alison refuses to go to a "facility" at the behest of her parents the day before she disappeared.

“Based on current litigation in family law court, whenever there’s a minor involved, there’s layers of protection afforded to the minor,” Romero said. “It cannot be commented on based on pending litigation.”

A Monterey Park Police Department spokesperson confirmed they are interviewing Alison and still investigating the case.

Here's some background.

Alison left her home in the 200 block of North Ynez Avenue in Monterey Park at 5:32 p.m. July 16. The Monterey Park Police Department initiated a missing person investigation at 9:36 p.m., according to a department news release.

The teen was riding a blue mountain bike to her aunt's house in nearby San Gabriel, her family told KTLA .

The trip should have taken 20 minutes, but Alison's aunt called her father around 8 p.m. to let him know she never arrived.

Alison's mom, Annie Chao, released a statement on Instagram Monday.

Chao learned about her daughter's disappearance from police after Alison's father reported her missing. Alison was supposed to be brought to Chao's home Wednesday morning.

“Please remember that Alison is a child," Chao said at the time. "I kindly ask that you do not speculate, attack or post anything that does not assist in the effort to find her.”

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times .