Missing 13-year-old girl found locked in barn 1,000 miles from home – ill suspect faces 6 charges

The 13-year-old girl, who was taken from her home in Dallas, was found Friday in Davidson County, North Carolina.

On Monday, police announced the arrest of Jorge Camacho, who was charged with kidnapping a child, restraining a child, human trafficking, two counts of raping a child under 15, two counts of sexually assaulting a child under 15, and indecent behavior. freedom with a child, according to HOW-TV. Camacho is on $1 million bail.

Police said Camacho was arrested after traffic was stopped. Later, the girl was found locked in a barn.

She was taken to Dallas with her family after receiving treatment at a North Carolina hospital.

“They found that the minor was communicating with an adult male through social media chats. The content of the chat was in line with courtship and seduction, and he seduced her to leave the house where he picked her up in the (Dallas) area,” said Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons.

On Friday, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the FBI about the case. The last time the girl was seen at home on March 1.

BREAKING – A missing Dallas teenager is found alive in a men’s barn in North Carolina.

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A “disturbing” direct message was found on the girl’s gaming account. VGHP-TV.

The Sheriff’s Department said Camacho’s car was seen on the road. security camera near the girl’s house.

Rescuing the girl was “just the tip of the iceberg,” Simmons said.

TIME: The 13-year-old Dallas girl found locked in a barn in Lexington, North Carolina is Kaylyn Rodriguez.

She went missing on March 1st.

Jorge Camacho, 34, is now in custody.

Family and police say Camacho befriended the teenager online while playing a video game. pic.twitter.com/GADNarmbN1

— Matt Howerton (@HowertonNews) March 13, 2023

Simmons said such cases are on the rise, according to WXII-TV.

“This is how children are sold for human trafficking. They can’t be kids,” Simmons said.

“What we teach our children and our homes scares me. It scares me even more that we have to conduct classes to teach our children to be careful with social networks, ”he said.

Simmons said parents you have to be on the lookout.

“Our message will be, please help us. I am very grateful. I thank God that we were able to find this young girl. It may not be forever, and what these kids have to go through, they don’t think about who they’re talking to,” Simmons said.

“If it doesn’t stop at home, it comes to schools and teachers have that responsibility. If it doesn’t stop there, it will unfortunately come to us,” Simmons said. KHAS-TV.

“As parents, they need to wise up and see that the danger to these children continues to exist,” he added.