I've commented on the missing Florida girl who ran off with a convicted sex offender to the home of another convicted sex offender. Some good news in the case:
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"Missing Port St. Lucie girl, 15, turns herself in at Opa-locka police station
By Akilah Johnson
Staff Writer
Posted September 27 2005
The 10-day search for a missing 15-year-old Port St. Lucie girl ended Monday when she walked into the Opa-locka police station, officials said.
Erin Nembhard turned herself in to authorities at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. "She appeared to be in good health," said Officer Robert Vega, spokesman for the Port St. Lucie Police Department.
Both Port St. Lucie and Miami-Dade police detectives spent hours talking to the Treasure Coast Christian Academy ninth-grader, trying to determine exactly where she'd been and what she'd been up to during her 10 days away from home, Vega said.
The teen crawled out of her bedroom window Sept. 16. She had been chatting with several men on the Internet, and one, Eduardo Narvaez, 21, was waiting outside. They drove to his Miami home. Then he dropped the girl off at the Carol City home of Corey Witty.
Witty, 35, is a convicted sex offender who was released from prison in January for lewd or lascivious battery involving a child.
On Sunday afternoon, detectives arrived at Witty's home, where they found Nembhard's three suitcases. He told police she left on foot about 45 minutes before they arrived, authorities said.
Both men were later arrested: Narvaez on misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and harboring a runaway; Witty for failing to register as a sex offender. Witty was also arrested on three sex crime charges, though police would not say if they were related to Nembhard's case.
Investigators launched an intense search for the missing teen, blanketing the 99-mile radius around Witty's home with 5,000 flyers that had Nembhard's picture on them. They also issued a statewide missing-child alert and enlisted the help of the FBI.
"We're very pleased that we found her, and she'll be returned soon to her family," said Miami-Dade police spokesman Detective Juan del Castillo.
It was not clear Monday night when Nembhard would be able to go home. "What [detectives] find out will determine where she ends up going," Vega said."
First- someone please inform the Miami Dade police spokesman that when someone walks in and turns themselves in- you didn't find them, they found you.
Second, I am glad this child will be able to safely return home. I don't doubt that she will have to face some serious questioning from her mother, but at least she is lucky enough to be able to go home.
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"Missing Port St. Lucie girl, 15, turns herself in at Opa-locka police station
By Akilah Johnson
Staff Writer
Posted September 27 2005
The 10-day search for a missing 15-year-old Port St. Lucie girl ended Monday when she walked into the Opa-locka police station, officials said.
Erin Nembhard turned herself in to authorities at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. "She appeared to be in good health," said Officer Robert Vega, spokesman for the Port St. Lucie Police Department.
Both Port St. Lucie and Miami-Dade police detectives spent hours talking to the Treasure Coast Christian Academy ninth-grader, trying to determine exactly where she'd been and what she'd been up to during her 10 days away from home, Vega said.
The teen crawled out of her bedroom window Sept. 16. She had been chatting with several men on the Internet, and one, Eduardo Narvaez, 21, was waiting outside. They drove to his Miami home. Then he dropped the girl off at the Carol City home of Corey Witty.
Witty, 35, is a convicted sex offender who was released from prison in January for lewd or lascivious battery involving a child.
On Sunday afternoon, detectives arrived at Witty's home, where they found Nembhard's three suitcases. He told police she left on foot about 45 minutes before they arrived, authorities said.
Both men were later arrested: Narvaez on misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and harboring a runaway; Witty for failing to register as a sex offender. Witty was also arrested on three sex crime charges, though police would not say if they were related to Nembhard's case.
Investigators launched an intense search for the missing teen, blanketing the 99-mile radius around Witty's home with 5,000 flyers that had Nembhard's picture on them. They also issued a statewide missing-child alert and enlisted the help of the FBI.
"We're very pleased that we found her, and she'll be returned soon to her family," said Miami-Dade police spokesman Detective Juan del Castillo.
It was not clear Monday night when Nembhard would be able to go home. "What [detectives] find out will determine where she ends up going," Vega said."
First- someone please inform the Miami Dade police spokesman that when someone walks in and turns themselves in- you didn't find them, they found you.
Second, I am glad this child will be able to safely return home. I don't doubt that she will have to face some serious questioning from her mother, but at least she is lucky enough to be able to go home.
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