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Body Camera footage shows a Florida sheriff’s deputy’s investigation into a missing 13 year old girl, tracking her movements leading to her rescue.
Florida sheriff's deputy rescues missing girl, 13, from motel room with man she met online: police
A Florida sheriff’s deputy rescued a 13-year-old girl from inside a "dark motel room" where she had gone with a 22-year-old man she met online, officials said Monday.
The Volusia Sherriff’s Office received a report of a missing child around 6:15 p.m. Thursday and learned from the 13-year-old’s grandmother that the girl, an Oak Hill resident, never came home from school. She also never showed at a basketball game after school, the office said in a Monday Facebook post.
A compilation of body camera videos shows Deputy Royce James’ efforts in tracking her down.
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"At the third motel he checked, Deputy James noticed a guest checked in under the name Tyler Thompson, with an address out of Orlando," the post states. "Deputies went to his room and knocked on the door several times before Thompson finally answered, and the victim came running."
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"When she was told she’d be taken somewhere to be medically cleared and interviewed, the girl asked Deputy James to stay with her," police said. "He took her to a local Department of Children and Families facility for evaluation, and then took her home."
Thompson was charged with interference with child custody and traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child, officials said. He could face additional charges.
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Florida sheriff's deputy rescues missing girl, 13, from motel room with man she met online: police
A Florida sheriff’s deputy rescued a 13-year-old girl from inside a "dark motel room" where she had gone with a 22-year-old man she met online, officials said Monday.
The Volusia Sherriff’s Office received a report of a missing child around 6:15 p.m. Thursday and learned from the 13-year-old’s grandmother that the girl, an Oak Hill resident, never came home from school. She also never showed at a basketball game after school, the office said in a Monday Facebook post.
A compilation of body camera videos shows Deputy Royce James’ efforts in tracking her down.
...
"At the third motel he checked, Deputy James noticed a guest checked in under the name Tyler Thompson, with an address out of Orlando," the post states. "Deputies went to his room and knocked on the door several times before Thompson finally answered, and the victim came running."
...
"When she was told she’d be taken somewhere to be medically cleared and interviewed, the girl asked Deputy James to stay with her," police said. "He took her to a local Department of Children and Families facility for evaluation, and then took her home."
Thompson was charged with interference with child custody and traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child, officials said. He could face additional charges.
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