US EditionMissing Louisiana Teen Found in Pennsylvania Man's Basement: SVU
A 13-year-old Louisiana girl was trafficked across multiple states and sexually assaulted daily before being rescued by federal and local authorities, officials said.
- Last week, Pittsburgh SWAT rescued the unnamed teenage girl found alive in a basement concealed in a sheet-covered box during a nighttime raid.
- After meeting online, the girl boarded a Greyhound in Baton Rouge and traveled interstate after Ki-Shawn Crumity messaged her on Snapchat promising to find a 'trusted adult' to adopt her.
- Authorities say Crumity faces multiple felony charges including trafficking and sexual assault, with investigators allege he gave the victim edibles and alcohol and sexually assaulted her repeatedly, according to criminal complaints.
- On October 30, the FBI and U.S. Marshals coordinated with Pittsburgh SVU to arrest Crumity, who is held at Allegheny County Jail; authorities say more arrests are likely.
- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill warned about social media dangers, saying `She was groomed, exploited, and then sexually abused by strangers who found her online` amid a surge in cyber-tips.
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Missing Louisiana teen found in Pennsylvania man's basement: SVU
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) — A teen reported missing from Louisiana was found in the basement of a home in Pennsylvania, according to the Pittsburgh Special Victims Unit (SVU). Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, was arrested Oct. 31 after SVU agents, who were also part of an FBI task force, received information from U.S. Marshals that a missing Louisiana teen may be located at a residence in Pittsburgh. Agents found the teen girls in a sheet-covered box in the b…
Missing girl, 13, found hidden in box 1,150 miles away in accused sex trafficker’s basement
A missing 13-year-old Louisiana girl was found hidden in a box more than 1,000 miles away from home -- having been repeatedly abused by a sex trafficker who tricked her into thinking she was being adopted, according to authorities.
Missing Girl, 13, Found Alive Inside Box in Man's Basement After Meeting on Snapchat: Police
The man allegedly promised to help her get adopted by a "trusted adult" after they met on Snapchat, luring her 1,000 miles from Louisiana to his Pittsburgh home, where the girl reportedly told police he gave her alcohol and edibles while sexually assaulting her once or twice a day.
A 13-year-old girl from the parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who disappeared in October, has been recovered after being found hidden in a box covered with a sheet in the basement of a house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The teenager was last seen at the Greyhound bus station in Baton Rouge after traveling from Columbus, Georgia. Authorities tracked her through her online activity and found that she had been in contact with 26-year-old Ki-Sh…
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