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A Tennessee woman was 13 years old when she ran away from her abusive home, she tells PEOPLE

Fifteen years later, she's engaged to one of the police officers who searched for her at the time — although they didn't actually meet until 2023

"We've built this beautiful connection," says Roshin Ali

When she was a teenager, a Tennessee woman ran away from an abusive home, only to fall in love almost a decade and a half later with one of the police officers who helped search for her. Now 28, she’s going viral for opening up about her incredible journey .

“He searched for me then,” Roshin Ali, who goes by Roro Nicole on social media, tells PEOPLE in a joint interview with her 38-year-old fiancé Tyler Schrupp, whom she didn’t actually meet until 2023, when she began working

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