PICTURED: First photo of Jayme Closs since she escapes kidnapper

Twenty-four hours after news broke that missing Jayme Closs had been found alive, her aunt shared the first photo of Jayme on social media.

In the photo, Jayme smiles as she hugs her aunt Jennifer Smith and dog Molly.

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“She is so glad to be home. And she is obviously thrilled to have her dog. Her dog was everything to her,” family friend Jennifer Havorson told People. “She’s glad to have her dog back and get settled. She’s very close to her two aunts, Jennifer and Sue. Jennifer babysat for her all the time in her daycare that she ran. And they had daily contact. Her aunts were almost second moms.”

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