Ma seemed to walk voluntarily with the woman, who appeared on airport surveillance footage with an Asian man earlier. Less than 48 hours later, the airport authority said she had been "located Friday in the New York City borough of Queens, safe and in the custody of her parents". The FBI, which is investigating, didn't respond to China Daily's question of whether the man and woman at the airport were Jinjing's parents. Demidchik said Jinjing's parents are legal residents of New York. Demidchik declined to comment on whether Jinjing's parents had met her in New York.