Wash. man allegedly picked up 12-year-old in Idaho, had sex with her, and hid her in his room

KENNEWICK, Wash. (TCD) — A 20-year-old man was taken into custody on suspicion of raping a 12-year-old lady he allegedly picked up in Idaho and introduced again to his residence.

In response to courtroom paperwork cited by KNDU-TV, on March 20, Benton County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies went to Austin Holbrook’s residence in Kennewick after studying a lacking or runaway juvenile from Nampa, Idaho, was seemingly at his residence. When deputies went inside, they positioned the lacking 12-year-old and positioned her in protecting custody till her mom might get there.

Nampa and Kennewick are about 270 miles away from one another.

KNDU experiences Holbrook instructed deputies he met the lady on a courting app they usually began messaging. The sufferer allegedly snuck out of her home and left with Holbrook, who picked her up someday round March 14 or March 15. The sufferer reportedly mentioned she and Holbrook had intercourse a number of occasions and that he had additionally been messaging a few of her mates.

He allegedly claimed the sufferer instructed him she was 18 years outdated.

The Idaho Statesman experiences Holbrook hid the lady in his room at his mother and father’ home. She reportedly appeared malnourished and dehydrated.

Following the arrest, Nampa Police despatched out an alert for folks of teenagers and preteens advising them about Holbrook, writing, “We’ve got motive to imagine juveniles which have been speaking on-line with Holbrook could have been pressured to satisfy up with him, and our best concern is he has satisfied some to truly just do that.”

Police mentioned Holbrook “preyed on a Nampa youngster, and that interplay began with him participating in on-line dialog.”

Data present he was booked into the Benton County Jail on two counts of rape of a kid and one rely of illegal imprisonment. His bond was set at $500,000.

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