Police call Polk County abduction "unfounded"

(Polk County, MN) -- Police say the reported abduction of a 17-year-old girl in Polk County, Minnesota was unfounded.

The girl was found tied up next to a road in a rural area outside of East Grand Forks earlier this week.

Officers who were at the scene say she told them she was abducted and left at that location, but it appears this isn't what actually happened.

It's not yet clear how or why the girl ended up on the side of the road.