AVONDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A man is accused of abducting and impregnating a Wisconsin teen girl and abandoning his vehicle outside of an Avondale restaurant during the cross-country excursion.
The teen girl told authorities she began speaking with 40-year-old Gary Day in April 2024. A criminal complaint cites the teen telling police that Day picked her up on July 29, 2024, and the two arrived in Arkansas on Aug. 1, 2024. Court documents say the girl told authorities she and Day “planned to get married” and he knew “from the get-go” that she was only 16 years old.
On Dec. 10, 2024, authorities with the Beaver Dam Police Department in Wisconsin were tipped off by Arkansas law enforcement, who found the missing 16-year-old girl as they were investigating Day. The teen was then returned home to Beaver Dam…