A 37-year-old man has been charged with federal crimes after authorities say he traveled to Kentucky to pick up a 13-year-old he met on a dating app and allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with her.
A federal affidavit filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky detailed that Christian Delgado was arrested on Dec. 26, 2025, at a Silver Spring, Maryland home where the missing teenager was found after being gone for more than two months.
The case began Oct. 14, 2025, when the Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office issued an endangered juvenile runaway alert for the 13-year-old girl, who was last seen in the Wolf Creek Road area of Orlando, Kentucky. The U.S. Marshals Service joined the investigation two weeks later…