Virginia authorities have apprehended an illegal immigrant from Mexico in connection with the Feb. 29 abduction of a 15-year-old Ohio girl.
The Butler County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio on Tuesday reported the arrest of Isauro Garcia Cruz, 43, on warrants for first-degree felony kidnapping, third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, fourth-degree felony gross sexual imposition and first-degree misdemeanor interference with custody.
“The victim in this case is a 15-year-old unaccompanied female from Honduras. She was placed in a sponsor’s home in the City of Middletown [Ohio] by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS],” the Butler County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. “Her sponsor is also an illegal immigrant and was the girlfriend of the suspect Garcia Cruz.”
Federal and local authorities on Monday located the missing teenager on the 1200 block of Burnbridge Road in the Forest area of Bedford County, Virginia, hundreds of miles from her home in Ohio.
