FBI: Autistic Ohio teen missing from airport seen later at MARTA station

9/11/2022

Surveillance video shows her exiting train at Lindbergh Center station Tuesday night

Authorities continued searching Sunday for a missing 17-year-old girl with autism from Ohio who has not been seen since she landed in Atlanta for a connection flight and took a MARTA train last week, the FBI said.

The agency originally said that Emma Danei Linek — who also goes by the name Azari Holmes, or Zari — had left Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with an “unknown man” about 10 a.m. Tuesday in the North Daily Parking lot.

The FBI has since located the man, but Linek was not with him, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Christopher Macrae said

Linek is 5-foot-3, weighs about 160 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes, according to the FBI.

A photo provided by the agency shows Linek at the Atlanta airport wearing a black headwrap, black top, plaid patterned pants, black shoes and black-frame glasses. She also had a large, gray-white body pillow.

“She’s a wonderful girl. A sweet and bubbly personality,” said Linek’s father, Mike Linek, who was at Saturday’s news conference. “We’re anxious to have her back with us.”

Macrae said the FBI’s top priority is to locate Linek, make sure she is OK and get her back with her family.