Two teenage sister have been found alive 11 months after they were kidnapped .
Ky-Lea Fortner and Shaeleen Fitch-Fortner, then aged 13 and 15, disappeared last April and were thought to have run away from home.
The pair, who were living with a foster family, were last seen waiting for a bus at their school in upstate New York.
But on Wednesday they turned up just 15 miles away in the nearby town of Vestal, reports NBC News .
A friend of the family was held following the sibling's discovery.
Police said Amanda Hellman, 29, was arrested on suspicion of second degree kidnapping.
She was arraigned before a judge and remanded without bail to Broome County Jail.
The investigation to find the two girls went on for almost a year.
Police said they "received and investigated numerous investigative leads relative to the girls' location" which led them to Hellman's home.
The sisters are now in the care of Broome County Family Services.
A neighbour said he often saw the girls outside Hellman's home riding a bike.
"On nice days they'd be out walking," said Randy Wike.
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