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Missing Copiah woman found safe, then charged

Therese Apel
Clarion Ledger
Danielle Webster

A Copiah County woman who was believed to be missing since Friday has been found unharmed in Pike County with a man known as "Cheese Dip." The woman was then arrested.

Copiah County Sheriff's Department Investigator Milton Twiner confirmed that Danielle Webster, 26, of the Sylvarena area of Copiah County, was found at the Bogue Chitto water park in Pike County, and was accompanied by Michael Steven Herring, who has used many aliases, but his friends know him by the nickname "Cheese Dip."

Webster was charged with two counts of felony child deprivation after she was found Thursday. Webster went missing on Friday, and there were signs at the home that police believed possibly indicates foul play.

Herring was wanted for questioning in her disappearance, but they were found together.

Herring and Webster had been involved in a relationship previously, but she was in relationship with someone else at the time she went missing.

Twiner said officials were meeting with the pair in Pike County and would be transporting Webster to the Copiah County Jail in Gallman.

Herring was wanted in Alabama on misdemeanor charges, but they chose not to extradite, so he was released.

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