SEATTLE, Wash. (CBS DETROIT) — A South Haven man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for traveling to sexually abuse a minor who lived in Washington, and taking the 14-year-old to his home in Michigan.
“What happened in this case is every parent’s nightmare – a predator comes into the home via social media and computer screens and manipulates your child to run away,” U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman said in a press release about the case. Gorman is the district attorney for the Western District of Michigan in Seattle.
During the sentencing hearing for Keith Daniel Freerksen, age 31, of South Haven, U.S. District Judge Tana Lin said the family had searched for a month for the teen. At one point, the judge explained, the family contacted every morgue in Washington State to see if any unclaimed bodies matched the description of the teen…