UPDATE: Teen missing from Kentucky since 2017, suspect found in SC home are both ille
UPDATE: Teen missing from Kentucky since 2017, suspect found in SC home are both illegal immigrants
By Tanita Gaither
SALUDA COUNTY, SC (WIS) -A Kentucky teen who was taken from her home in December 2017 was found confined in a Saluda County bedroom and a 24-year-old man was arrested for her kidnapping.
The Saluda County Sheriff's Office says they received a report from family members about a missing 16-year-old teen from Kentucky on Feb. 20. Deputies went to a Saluda County home where the victim reportedly was and met Florencio Gomez Saiche. Saiche told deputies that no one else was at the home.
"Due to the language barrier and several state lines crossed in this case the Sheriff’s Office investigators contacted SLED and the SCDPS Immigration Enforcement Unit to support the investigation," the sheriff's office said in a release.
Investigators say the teen went missing on or around Dec. 7 from Kentucky and brought to Saluda County. She was located when she was able to contact her family through social media when Saiche was not around.
Saluda County Sheriff John C. Perry says that the teen may have been hesitant to ask for help because she is an illegal immigrant.
While deputies were there, they heard a noise and found the teen confined to a bedroom. Saiche, who is also an illegal immigrant, was then arrested and charged with kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
“During the investigation, heard someone else in the residence," Perry said. "So, they did a protective sweep of the residence to find out and sure enough located the victim. He used intimidation factors, you know, because of the status of our victim.”
She did not have any visible injuries, but because of the sensitive nature of the case, is still being evaluated but has been reunited with her family.
The sheriff says it’s not unusual for a perpetrator to use a victim’s illegal immigration status as a way to keep them from reporting the crime.
Saiche was denied bond at a hearing on Thursday.
UPDATE: Teen missing from Kentucky since 2017, suspect found in SC home are both illegal immigrants
Teen Girl Missing from Kentucky Found Being Held Prisoner by Illegal Alien in South C
Teen Girl Missing from Kentucky Found Being Held Prisoner by Illegal Alien in South Carolina
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by WARNER TODD HUSTON
25 Feb 2018
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A teen girl who is in the U.S. illegally and disappeared from Kentucky in December was discovered in South Carolina being held as a sex slave by another illegal immigrant, police say.
Police in Saluda County, South Carolina, discovered the girl confined in the bedroom of 24-year-old Florencio Gomez Saiche after a tipster told authorities that the 16-year-old missing teen was being held there, WIS Channel 10 reported.
Investigators said that the kidnapped girl had been able to contact family members through social media apps when her kidnapper was not looking or was out of the home.
Police say that they have suspicions that the teen never tried to contact police about her whereabouts because she is also an illegal alien.
When police confronted Saiche about the missing girl, he denied knowing her. But a search of his mobile home proved the lie to the claim.
“During the investigation, [officers] heard someone else in the residence,” said Saluda County Sheriff John C. Perry. “So, they did a protective sweep of the residence to find out and sure enough located the victim. He used intimidation factors, you know, because of the status of our victim.”
The sheriff’s office noted that illegals often prey on other illegals using their immigration status against them as a way to keep victims from reporting crimes to authorities.
Saiche was jailed without bond and charged with kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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