ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on sex crime allegations.
Just before 10p.m. Tuesday, police in Kansas were notified that the Phelps County Missouri Sheriff’s Department was looking for a 13-year-old girl who had been missing since Monday night, according to Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson.
Law enforcement had developed information that the girl was with a 20-year-old suspect and they were believed to be in the Atchison, Kansas, area.
Atchison Police officers located the suspect’s vehicle parked at a local hotel and subsequently located the 13-year-old runaway and the suspect at the hotel.
Police arrested Osias W. Everson, 20, Deer Lodge Montana on requested charges of rape and contributing to a child’s misconduct.
The investigation of Everson continues by police and Phelps County authorities, according to Wilson.