Questions swirl around the disappearance of a Jewish 14-year-old girl named Esther, or Esti, who was found safe Thursday in a 1960s-era bungalow in the Rexdale neighborhood of Etobicoke, a district in the western end of Toronto.

The tip that led to her discovery came from a call Wednesday night that she had been spotted in a Walmart at the corner of Rexdale Boulevard and Islington Avenue near the location where she was found. Police examined security cameras but did not know where she had gone from there. It was believed that she had entered a residential neighborhood nearby.

“They went up and down the street to check to see if neighbors had security video,” Joe Warmington, a reporter for the Toronto Sun, quoted a resident as saying.

A neighbor who observed police talking to someone nearby with a security camera said that suddenly they started sprinting toward a particular house.

“They were all running there toward the house,” Warmington said a neighbor offered, adding that there were at least “six officers and five police cars.”

“They brought out a white man of about 30 and put him in a police car,” the neighbor said. Esther followed soon after.

“She was wearing a black hoodie and a jacket and seemed to be walking fine,” the neighbor added. “They put her in a police car as well and then left.”

The owner of the house, identified as Devon, told Warmington that his tenant, Duffy, works in construction. He said he has never had a problem with the construction worker, who always paid his rent on time. He also said he had no idea a girl was being kept in his house and was completely in the dark about what had transpired during the day, having been away at work.

Devon was brought in for questioning and remained at the police station late into Thursday night. It is unclear if he has been charged with anything, but his tenant is still in custody.

Esti disappeared on Friday, May 15, prompting a massive search organized by the Toronto Police Service and Shomrim. Shomrim set up a tip hotline manned by volunteers, and thousands of volunteers spread through the streets of Toronto hanging missing-child posters throughout the city. The TPS escalated the search to Priority 1, allowing the police to use canine and mounted units, and a $25,000 reward was offered for information leading to her safe return.

“Like everyone, I was relieved to hear that Esther had been found,” Toronto Police Association President Clayton Campbell said.

“I’m so proud of our members who have worked tirelessly around the clock,“ he said. “From our frontline to our investigative experts to our specialized search professionals, no one ever gave up.”

“They couldn’t have done this without the community input and support, and we are grateful,” he added.

An investigation is ongoing, which will hopefully uncover what transpired during the nearly two weeks Esti was missing and what criminality was involved on the part of the person with whom she was found in his basement apartment.