Alicia Navarro still in Montana 3 days after handing herself to police

The 18-year-old girl who went missing from Arizona in 2019 and re-emerged in Montana this week is still in the Treasure State despite pleas from her mom to come home.

The circumstances of Alicia Navarro’s disappearance are the subject of an investigation involving the US Marshals, FBI and police forces from both states.

Navarro told police she wanted to be taken off the missing persons list when she walked into a station in Havre, Montana, Wednesday.

Despite her mother, Jessica Nuñez, releasing a statement Thursday saying, “It is a blessing that after being missing for so long Alicia can come back home,” Navarro remained in Montana as of Friday morning, a spokesperson for the Glendale Police Department told The Post.

“Alicia is an adult, so it will be her decision as to whether or not she remains in Montana, returns to Arizona, or goes elsewhere, regardless of the investigation,” spokesperson Gina Winn wrote in an email to The Post.

Shortly after she had handed herself over to authorities, police made an arrest in Havre, a town of 9,200, with up to 10 officers hauling away a suspect from an apartment building.

Local resident Rick Lieberg said he saw a girl matching Navarro’s description leave the same residence on Wednesday.

However, Winn claimed the arrest was unrelated to Navarro’s case.

“Nobody has been arrested, nobody is in custody, and nobody is detained,” Winn told The Post Friday.

“This is still a very active investigation and not one which can be solved overnight. Please have patience with us as we complete this investigation in a thorough manner.”

Navarro “willfully left her home” in Glendale, Arizona, in September 2019, just days before her 15th birthday, authorities said.  

Alicia Navarro’s mysterious reappearance: What we know so far

Who is Alicia Navarro?

Alicia Navarro is a previously missing 18-year-old from Arizona who unexpectedly turned up in a Montana police station nearly four years after her disappearance.

When did she disappear?

In 2019, the girl left her family’s Glendale, Arizona, home in the middle of the night just a few days before her 15th birthday. Her parents found a handwritten note from Navarro saying: “I ran away. I will be back. I swear. I’m sorry.”

Where was she found?

Navarro walked into a police station in a tiny Montana town about 40 miles from the Canadian border — and some 1,000 miles from home — and identified herself as the missing girl from Arizona.

Is she facing any charges?

Authorities in Navarro’s hometown of Glendale, Arizona, said the teen is not facing any criminal charges and is not in any kind of legal trouble.

Why did she leave?

Alicia’s mother, Jessica Nuñez, previously raised concerns that Navarro, who was diagnosed as high-functioning on the autism spectrum, may have been lured away by someone she met online.

She fled her family’s Glendale home, leaving behind a note that read: “I ran away. I will be back. I swear. I’m sorry,” according to KTAR News.

A missing person report from years prior described Navarro as autistic but high-functioning. 

Navarro is still being considered a victim, police previously said, while the family’s private investigators exclusively told The Post Thursday that Navarro had only “spoken briefly” to her mother, but her intentions regarding whether she planned to return home were unclear. It is not yet known if Nuñez has traveled to Montana.

Navarro told police she was not being held against her will and could come and go freely, and said she had not been hurt. Police have said she does not face criminal charges.

With Post wires