Virginia Man Faces 55 Charges in Milwaukee Girl's 4-Year Abduction Case
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 2
Virginia Man Faces 55 Charges in Milwaukee Girl's 4-Year Abduction Case
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 2
Summary
Owen Lars Andersson, 37, was charged after a Milwaukee girl missing since June 2022 was found in Virginia nearly four years later, more than 700 miles from home.
Prosecutors say Andersson began luring her online when she was 12, later arranged to meet her in Chicago and then held her captive in Virginia.
Milwaukee charged him on July 24 with kidnapping, child enticement and abduction, while Virginia added 55 child sexual material counts plus abduction, strangulation, child endangerment and preventing a phone call.
Blacksburg police reached the home on May 23 after a domestic-dispute call, and Milwaukee police said the teenager was located on May 25; Andersson is being held without bail.