UPDATE 10/7/15 2:30 p.m.

According to North Platte Police, the victim told investigators that, after she left work on Tuesday night, she stopped for three men who were driving in another vehicle.

The victim alleged that she was taken against her will to an unknown location south of North Platte, where she says she was physically and sexually assaulted, before being released.

Police say the injuries sustained by the victim are not life threatening, and their investigation into the matter is ongoing.

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The North Platte Police Department is investigating a strange series of events Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

According to the NPPD, a call came in at around 1:09 a.m., Wednesday morning, regarding a possible missing person.

The caller, a family member, reported that a 22-year-old female had failed to pick up their child at the caretaker’s after getting off work.

They said the female called and said they were on their way at around 10:30 p.m., on Tuesday, then failed to show up.

Police, with assistance from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, were able to locate the woman’s vehicle, still running, along the NPPD canal road just north of State Farm Road.

A Nebraska State Patrol aircraft was called in to assist and authorities began searching for the woman.

At around 6:29 a.m., a motorist came across a partially clothed woman along South Highway 83, just north of State Farm Road, and contacted police.

Officers responded and determined that the woman was the female they had been looking for.

She was transported to Great Plains Health for the treatment of unknown injuries.

The NPPD and LCSO are actively involved in the investigation, and will release more details when they become available.

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