DODGE COUNTY, Wis. — Gary Day, the 40-year-old man who allegedly took pregnant 16-year-old Sophia Franklin, appeared in Dodge County Circuit Court Thursday.
Franklin had been missing since Feb. 2025, according to authorities. Day is known to be the father of her unborn child.
Police found Franklin with Day April 2, at around 11:40 p.m. near Omaha, Nebraska. The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office was responding to a tip of a possible sighting in the area. They made contact with the juvenile, later identified as Franklin, who was supposedly with an adult male that matched Day’s description…