Man Charged in Girl’s Abduction Nearly Four Years After She Was Last Seen
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Owen Lars Andersson, a 37-year-old man from Virginia, faces multiple charges in two states after a teenage girl from Milwaukee, missing since June 2022, was found nearly four years later in Virginia.
- Prosecutors allege Andersson lured the girl online starting when she was 12, arranged to meet her in Chicago, and subsequently held her captive in Virginia.
- In Milwaukee, Andersson is charged with kidnapping, child enticement, and abduction, while in Virginia he faces 55 charges related to possession of child sexual material, abduction, strangulation, preventing a phone call, and child endangerment.
- The missing teenager was located on May 25 in Virginia following a police response to a domestic dispute call on May 23, leading to Andersson's arrest.
- Andersson is currently held without bail at Western Virginia Regional Jail, and his lawyer has not responded to requests for comment.
