A missing North Carolina girl was found naked inside a truck in Mississippi, hundreds of miles from where she was kidnapped.
Randy Donovan Taylor, 35, of Columbus, South Carolina, was arrested Tuesday after he and the 12-year-old boy were found naked inside their truck at the 35/55 truck stop in Vaiden, Mississippi, according to WTVA.
Carroll County sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents searched the stop truck by truck until they found the couple after Sheriff Clint Walker received a frantic call that the missing girl, who is Native American, might be traveling in a semi-trailer, according to the media.
The FBI pinged the girl’s phone and discovered she was at the 33/55 truck stop, hundreds of miles from her home in North Carolina.
She was reported missing on September 29, according to WJTV.
Randy Donovan Taylor, 35, of Columbus, South Carolina, was arrested Tuesday after he and the 12-year-old boy were found naked inside their truck at the 35/55 truck stop in Vaiden, Mississippi.
Carroll County sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents searched the stop truck by truck until they found the couple after Sheriff Clint Walker received a frantic call that the missing girl, who is Native American, might be traveling in semi-trailer.
The girl was found hundreds of miles from her home in North Carolina.
Taylor and the girl were communicating via a mobile device and lured her out of her home, Walker told WTVA.
“Seeing that little girl get out of that truck was the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Walker said of his relief at finding her.
Taylor has been charged with possession of child pornography and lewd touching and is in the custody of the United States Marshalls, according to WTVA.
He was denied bail by a federal judge and could face additional charges in several states. He also faces federal, state and local charges for kidnapping and victimization of a child, according to AZ Family.
Charges are expected from North Carolina and Louisiana, authorities said, according to AZ Family.
He is currently housed at the Carrol County Regional Correctional Center.
“Seeing that little girl get out of that truck was the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Sheriff Clint Walker said of his relief at finding her.
Taylor and the girl were communicating using a mobile device and took her out of her home. The FBI pinged the girl’s phone and discovered she was at truck stop 33/55 (pictured)
In the United States, approximately every 40 seconds a child is abducted or missing, which represents approximately 840,000 children, according to the Child Safety and Crime Prevention Center.
Most cases are resolved within hours, according to the center.
Last month, a boy who was kidnapped in California in 1951 was found alive at the age of 79.
Albino was kidnapped by a woman on February 21, 1951 in a park in West Oakland where he had been playing with his older brother, Roger, who was ten years old.
The woman caught his attention and lured him in by tricking him, promising to buy him sweets.
Little Luis then flew across the country to the East Coast, where he was raised by a New York City couple as if he were their own son.
Last month, a boy who was kidnapped in California in 1951 was found alive at the age of 79. Luis Albino (right) was kidnapped by a woman on February 21, 1951 in a park in West Oakland where he had been playing with his oldest son. brother, Roger (left)
Luis’s mother never stopped hoping that one day he would return safely. Tragically, he passed away in 2005 at the age of 92 without even knowing what had happened to his much-missed son.
His niece, Alida Alequin, 63, who had remained in Oakland, was determined to find her long-lost uncle and, along with the help of local police, the FBI and the Department of Justice, managed to piece together the clues. .
Oakland police say their efforts “played an integral role in the search for their uncle.”
Since being separated from his family, Luis seemed to have led a fairly good life, as he worked as a firefighter and served in the Marine Corps, including two tours of duty in Vietnam. He had also become a father and grandfather.
Alida was able to organize a meeting for the two brothers, Luis and Roger, now 83 years old, to meet for the first time in 73 years.