Authorities found a missing 15-year-old Tuscarawas County girl in Wisconsin hours after she left her home with an older, married man who allegedly met her online and lied about his age.
Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Captain Detective Adam Fisher says the girl’s mother brought her home, and the man, 24-year-old Jordan Romine of Dayton, is in jail in Walworth County, Wisconsin, contesting extradition back to Ohio.
Fisher says the pair had known each other for about three months, and Romine had even met the parents. However, Fisher says they confronted him when they found out he wasn’t a teenager.
“It appears the two had met on a social media platform. They had developed a relationship between the two of them, but it appears the 24-year-old is married and has children. That marriage, I think, looks like it’s falling apart and somehow, he ended up in Tuscarawas County shortly after meeting the 15-year-old.”
Fisher says the girl left her home around midnight on Sunday, was reported missing at 12:44 p.m., and was located at 3:35 p.m.
Investigators used the nationwide Flock Camera System to locate the suspect’s vehicle in Wisconsin where police there found the pair at a rest stop.
“A handful of years ago with the technology the way that it was we would still be asking where.”
Fisher says Romine is initially charged with interference with custody. More charges are likely.
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