Overview
- Federal and local officers acting on a U.S. Marshals tip executed a search warrant on Oct. 30 at a Davis Avenue home in Pittsburgh's Brighton Heights and located the 13-year-old in a sheet-covered box in the basement.
- The girl was taken to a hospital and told investigators it was the safest she had ever felt, according to the complaint.
- Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, was arrested and faces counts including trafficking in individuals, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, sexual assault, corruption of minors, indecent assault, and furnishing alcohol; he is held without bond.
- Investigators say the girl met Crumity on Snapchat, was given edibles and alcohol at the home, and reported being assaulted once or twice daily for about a week; the complaint notes Crumity allegedly admitted to having sex with her.
- The teen traveled by Greyhound and met an unidentified woman at a Washington, D.C., bus station who accompanied her to the Pittsburgh residence, and authorities have not indicated whether that woman faces charges.