Missing Louisiana girl, 13, rescued from box in Pennsylvania basement [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Police say Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, met girl through Snapchat, and charged him with human trafficking and sexual assault
A 13-year-old Louisiana girl who went missing after meeting a man online was found alive in a box at his home several states away in Pennsylvania – along with evidence that she had been sexually assaulted, according to authorities.
Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, faces charges of human trafficking, sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of a child after police in Pittsburgh said they arrested him on Thursday. He is one of at least three men who had been arrested as of Saturday amid an investigation involving law enforcement agencies in multiple states.
“This child … was groomed, exploited and then sexually abused by strangers who found her online,” Louisiana’s attorney general, Liz Murrill, said in a statement on Friday. “This is just one example of the dangers of social media and of human trafficking.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/missing-louisiana-girl-found-in-box-pennsylvania
I'd hate to be a parent in these days. Was one for 2+2 kids 20-40 years ago - very hard even then.
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