Crime & Safety
Missing SC Teen Found In Key Largo With Suspected Kidnapper: Reports
The 13-year-old teenage girl met the man through an online chatting and gaming app, a media report says.
KEY LARGO, FL — A missing South Carolina teenager who was suspected of being kidnapped by a Wisconsin man she met through an online chatting and gaming app was found Tuesday in Florida, media reports say.
Authorities said the 13-year-old girl, who was last seen Sunday at her South Carolina home, was found with Wisconsin resident Tyler Michael Berlick in a pickup truck located in a Key Largo shopping center parking lot, ABC News reported.
The girl was described by authorities as a runaway in social media posts, Local 10 reported.
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Berlick was charged on suspicion of kidnapping and was being jailed in Key West, ABC News reported.
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