A 14-year-old girl who was reported lacking was not too long ago found on at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, authorities confirmed.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department advised KRON4 sister station FOX 5 that the juvenile was reported lacking by her grandmother on Tuesday, June 13.
A deputy with the Rancho San Diego Sheriff’s Station responded to the grandmother’s dwelling in Spring Valley on the identical day to take a lacking individual report, the division defined.
The grandmother allegedly advised the deputy her granddaughter ran away from dwelling on Friday, June 9.
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The teen’s data was entered into a number of lacking individual databases, together with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). SDSO says these databases knowledgeable different regulation enforcement companies of the juvenile’s disappearance.
Family Protection Detail Detectives acquired the case for follow-up investigation and continued working the case by following up on potential leads.
On Wednesday, June 28 army police at Camp Pendleton positioned the teenager and knowledgeable the sheriff’s division. That data was confirmed Friday by Melissa Aquino with the media relations workplace representing the sheriff’s division.
Authorities say detectives interviewed the teenager and he or she was returned to her grandmother.
Since Camp Pendleton is federal property, the Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) is dealing with the investigation, in accordance with Aquino. She says the sheriff’s division and the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force are supporting NCIS with the investigation.
FOX 5 reached out to officers from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton for touch upon the matter.
Capt. Charles Palmer, Director of Communication Strategy and Operations for the first Marine Logistics Group, confirmed {that a} Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group was taken into custody for questioning by NCIS on June 28 as seen in a social media put up in connection to this incident.
“The incident is under investigation, and we will continue to cooperate with NCIS and appropriate authorities,” stated Capt. Palmer.
It is the coverage of SDSO to not launch figuring out details about minor victims, which means the id of 14-year-old is being withheld at this time.
The id of the Marine taken in for questioning has additionally not been launched.
An investigation into the circumstances main as much as this case stays ongoing.
