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Missing Louisiana Girl, 13, Rescued From Box in Pittsburgh Basement After Multi-State Search

Authorities say more suspects have been arrested as the interstate investigation continues.

Overview

  • Pittsburgh police and federal agents executed a search warrant at a Davis Avenue home, finding the 13-year-old concealed in a sheet-covered box in the basement.
  • Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, was arrested and jailed without bond on multiple counts including trafficking in individuals, statutory sexual assault and related offenses.
  • A criminal complaint says the girl met Crumity on Snapchat, was given edibles and alcohol, and reported sexual assaults once or twice daily during roughly a week in the house.
  • Officials confirmed evidence of sexual assault at a hospital, where the victim told investigators it was the safest she had ever felt.
  • Investigators report arrests beyond Crumity, including Ronald Smith, 62, in Columbus, Georgia, and a third man in New Orleans, while they continue to probe other adults such as a woman who accompanied the girl from Washington, D.C.