A college football reporter was found unharmed Monday morning, police said, 36 hours after she vanished and told friends she had been followed home by a suspicious man. 
 
 Courtney Roland disappeared late Saturday after covering a Texas A&M elite football camp in The Heights area of Houston, her family said in social media posts appealing for help. 
 
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 "We believe she was confused because of a reaction to medications that she had been taking," Houston Police Capt. Mark Lentini said during a news conference Monday afternoon. 
 
 Lentini said Roland was discovered at around 8:15 a.m. local time (9:15 a.m. ET) Monday morning by a citizen who said she was passing underneath an overpass walking toward a Chick-fil-A. Police sent units to the area and found Roland at the Chick-fil-A parking lot. 
 
 Officer Manny Cruz said at the news conference that Roland was having trouble with her memory. 
 
 "She doesn't remember everything," he said. "I think in her state of confusion she kind of lost track of time," he said, adding, "I don’t think she was aware that she was being looked at as a missing person." 
 
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 Roland was taken to a local hospital for a routine evaluation, where she remains with family and friends, police said. 
 
 The 29-year-old is a sports journalist for AggieYell.com and a former intern at NBC station KPRC. 
 
 Friends and family raised the alarm Sunday after she reportedly texted her roommate about a suspicious man she saw in a Walgreens who followed her to home in a blue truck. 
 
 Police found her white Jeep overnight near the Galleria mall, Houston police said Monday. Her phone and other items were inside the vehicle while her purse was found at a nearby business. 
 
 Later, police officers found Roland in the same area. "She appears unharmed. She'll be taken to an area hospital for an evaluation," the department posted on Twitter. "We are not providing the [exact] location where she was found or hospital at this time." 
 
 Her friend, Autumn Vara, updated an earlier Facebook appeal with the news. "Courtney has been found by police and about to be reunited with her family," she wrote. "Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Please respect the family during this emotional time." 

 HOUSTON - Courtney Roland is a sports reporter who went missing this past weekend and was found safe Monday morning. 
 
 Houston police said Roland, who was the subject of a search that started after she was reported missing by her roommate Sunday evening, had a reaction to medication she was taking, which caused her to become confused and disoriented. 
 
 Here's what we know about Courtney Roland: 
 
 Roland is a reporter for AggieYell.com, which is associated with Rivals.com, and covers the Texas A&M football team. Rivals.com is owned by Yahoo! Sports. 
 
 She also covers high school football recruiting across the Southeast Texas area. 
 
 Roland also does radio appearances on 1560 and SportsRadio 610. 
 
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 She also worked for FOX Sports Southwest and Mossy Oak Outdoor Sports and Entertainment, according to her biography. 
 
 Her website also said Roland was "selected to represent Spring, Texas in the Miss Texas Teen USA Pageant," and has worked as a model. 
 
 Roland graduated from A&M in December 2010. 
 
 She was an intern in the sports department at KPRC2 back in 2010. 
 
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 Police are blaming a bad reaction to medication for the mysterious disappearance of a Houston-based sports reporter who was found Monday. 
 
 Courtney Roland, 29, was last seen at 4 p.m. on Saturday after covering a football camp in Houston, Texas, run by Texas A&M University. Later that evening, she apparently went out in her Jeep Cherokee. At 12:30 a.m. Sunday, she texted a roommate saying that she had been followed by a suspicious man in a blue truck, the Houston Police Department told PEOPLE. 
 
 But in a press conference on Monday afternoon, officers say that they suspect no foul play in her disappearance — and believe that she became confused after taking an undisclosed medication. 
 
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 “We believe she was confused as a result of some medications she was taking,” a Houston Police Department spokesman said in a press conference on Monday afternoon. “She still seems pretty confused about everything.” 
 
 According to police, Roland was spotted underneath an overpass on Monday after a passerby recognized her from the media coverage of her disappearance. She was found moments later at a nearby Chick-Fil-A. She was physically unharmed, but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. 
 
 Authorities have not yet determined what transpired before and during her disappearance. The spokesman said Roland had left her purse at a Starbucks, and had been using an iPad to track her iPhone. 
 
 She was unaware that she had been reported missing, authorities say. 
 
 Roland’s roommate told local outlet Click 2 Houston that she and Roland were supposed to meet up on Sunday but said Roland never showed up and she never heard from Roland again. 
 
 HOUSTON AREA RT HELP: @CourtneyRivals has been missing since 4pm after leaving a football tryout in an Uber. If you know anything, see her, etc. Please call Houston PD missing persons at 832-394-1840. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/X4O5auYYAY — L. Lee (@LyndsayALee) January 8, 2018 
 
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 Roland’s mother told Click 2 Houston that she received a text from Roland’s phone saying, “Hello the owner of this phone Courtney. I am buying an iPad.” 
 
 As of Monday afternoon, Roland remains in the hospital. Her family is present. 
 
 “Her family is with her,” the spokesman told reporters on Monday afternoon. “The missing persons part of this case is over.” 

 Police found a sports reporter Monday morning who had gone missing in the Houston area. CBS affiliate KHOU-TV reports that police found 29-year-old Courtney Roland's Jeep Cherokee near the Galleria mall just after midnight on Sunday. 
 
 Police said on Twitter Monday morning that she was found in the same area and appeared to be unharmed but was taken to a hospital to be evaluated. 
 
 At a press conference Monday afternoon, police said they believe Roland became confused from a reaction to medication she was taking. She received no injuries beyond bumps and bruises, but she doesn't remember everything that happened to her. Investigators don't suspect there was any foul play. 
 
 "At this time we do not believe anything criminal occurred to her," Capt. Mark Lentini told reporters. 
 
 A passer-by who had seen news coverage of her disappearance called police at around 8:15 a.m., saying he had seen her walking under an overpass, the police said. Officers caught up with her and were able to confirm her identity. Even though she was in a confused state, she knew who she was, Lentini said. 
 
 Latest: After seeing Ms. Roland's case in the news this morning, a passerby called us about 8:15am, stating Ms. Roland was under an overpass at the 610 West Loop at Richmond. Our officers arrived, confirmed it was her and arranged she be checked at an area hospital. #HouNews https://t.co/U6xieTLY0U — Houston Police (@houstonpolice) January 8, 2018 
 
 Police say the Rivals.com Texas A&M reporter's phone was found inside the vehicle. Her purse with an iPad, computer and credit cards were also all found intact somewhere inside the Galleria. 
 
 Roland was seen at one point trying to use her iPad to find her iPhone, which Lentini said had lost power after midnight Saturday. 
 
 Our friend and colleague @Rivals, Courtney Roland, is currently missing in the Houston area. If you have any information or have seen her at all, please contact the HPD missing person line at 832-394-1840. pic.twitter.com/66kKDPenRT — Matt Clare (@MattClareRivals) January 8, 2018 
 
 KHOU-TV reports that Roland, who last seen wearing a camouflage fleece sweater and an orange hat, was last heard from Saturday around 4 p.m. She texted a roommate, telling her a suspicious man at a Walgreens was following her. The man followed her in a blue truck all the way home, but then he allegedly drove off when she got out. 
 
 The roommate was supposed to meet up with Roland but she never showed up, the station reported. The roommate didn't report Roland missing to police until around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Lentini told reporters. 
 
 Roland's parents pleaded for information. 
 
 BREAKING: We spoke with #CourtneyRoland parents and friends who are pleading for info on her whereabouts. She was last heard from Saturday evening near the heights, her car located this morning near Galleria/Post Oak. Info call @houstonpolice. Details #khou11 pic.twitter.com/LuC4aIjeTl — Michelle Choi (@MichelleKHOU) January 8, 2018 
 
 "If somebody has her, we just want to tell them that we love you too. And I know Courtney would be praying for you because that's the way she was. She cared about other people," said dad Steve Roland.
– A Texas reporter found safe after being reported missing over the weekend may have had a bad reaction to medications she was taking, the Houston PD now says. Per People, a police spokesman told a presser Monday that Courtney Roland may still be suffering the effects of the medication and that she "still seems pretty confused about everything." Cops are still trying to figure out what happened to the sports reporter, who Click2Houston.com notes has worked as a model in addition to covering high school and Texas A&M football for Rivals.com, between the time she was last seen Saturday afternoon and when she was found Monday at a local Chick-fil-A. Police say Roland didn't know she'd been deemed missing, and another Houston PD rep says she knew who she was when police officers approached her, CBS News reports. One officer who spoke at the press conference says that "I think in her state of confusion she kind of lost track of time," per NBC News. Roland didn't appear to be injured other than a few bruises and bumps, and she couldn't fill authorities in on much of what had transpired. Roland was still reported to be at the hospital, where she'd been taken for evaluation, as of Monday afternoon. "Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers," a family friend posted on Facebook shortly after Roland had been found, per NBC. "Please respect the family during this emotional time."