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An active-duty US Marine has been arrested for kidnapping a 12-year-old girl Indiana with the intention of sexually assaulting her FBI Said on Thursday.
William Richard Roy, 24, who was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolinaflew to chicago Last week, met a girl in a park and then took her to a hotel overnight before getting on a bus durhamNorth Carolina, the FBI said in a statement.
According to the statement, the girl’s grandmother first reported her missing on Friday.
The FBI arrested Roy upon arriving in Durham on Sunday and the girl was “safely recovered,” the agency said.
Roy faces three charges, including luring a minor across state lines to commit an unlawful sexual act.
A working number was listed in public records that appeared to be connected to Roy, but the person who answered declined to comment.
The US Marine Corps did not immediately respond to a request for comment.