Portage County detectives say they found a missing 14-year-old girl and identified a 21-year-old suspect in an online-exploitation case that has now kicked off a deeper digital investigation.
According to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office, detectives went to a home in Mantua Township on March 28, where they located the juvenile. She was interviewed by investigators and then returned home safely. Detectives say she told them she had been in a sexual relationship with a 21-year-old man she met online. The suspect, who lives in another Ohio county, was identified and, according to the sheriff, gave both verbal and written confessions.
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