Missing 17-year-old girl found safe in Chestnut Hill

CHESTNUT HILL (WPVI) -- Action News has confirmed that a 17-year-old girl who went missing Wednesday night in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia has been found safe.

Sarah Wills of Upper Dublin, Montgomery County was found by police in a wooded area in Chestnut Hill just before 7:00 a.m. Thursday.

Images from Chopper 6 HD overhead showed police officers with the girl, who was seen with a blanket wrapped around her.

Wills went missing around 8:00 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Germantown Avenue and Cresheim Valley Drive.

The teen was picked up by her parents after attending a concert at Susquehanna Bank Center.

On their way home, the teen asked her father to stop because she said she was not feeling well and needed to relieve herself.

The teen then walked into the wooded area near the 7600 block of Germantown Avenue.

Her father told police he went looking for her, calling her name as he searched in the woods.

After she didn't respond, he called 911.

K-9, SWAT units and a police helicopter were called to the scene to search the wooded area.

Police found some of the teen's personal belongings, including her purse.

They were finally successful in their search after dawn Thursday morning.