According to Military.com, the Marine accused of trafficking a 14-year-old girl may have met the girl on Tinder, an app popular with people looking for dates and relationships, and the girl was There is a possibility that he lied that he was 22 years old.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) detained the young Marine on June 28 and released him shortly after questioning him about an underage girl found in a barracks room the day before. So far, NCIS and other agencies contributing to the investigation have found no evidence of human trafficking, and text messages between the Marine and the girl indicate that the two met on Tinder. The girl used a pseudonym there and claimed to be an adult soldier.Com reportHe cited documents related to the investigation.
A Marine admitted to having sexual contact with a girl in a barracks room on June 27, documents show, according to Military.com. The day before her, he allegedly drove her to her base, just hours after her first conversation on Tinder.
Investigators had so far concluded that the girl had been at Camp Pendleton for about 24 hours, but she had been missing for nearly two weeks. (Related: Reports of sexual assaults in the military continue to rise, Pentagon study finds)
“The Marine was interrogated by NCIS and released into command pending further investigation,” 1st Marine Logistics Group spokesman Capt. Charles Palmer told Military.com. An NCIS spokesperson said no charges or arrests have been made in connection with the incident.
The girl told NCIS officials in a second interview last week that she was held captive by a pimp identifiable only by name and sold for sexual purposes, according to documents obtained by Military.com. NCIS agents have investigated the trafficking allegations, but have so far found no corroborating evidence.
Cassandra Perez, the girl’s aunt, Posted A video posted on the social media platform TikTok accused the Marines of participating in the trafficking of girls and feared the facility would try to cover up the crime.
“Our family is worried about retaliation from the military and the man who trafficked my niece,” Perez said in the video, adding that the girl has a learning disability.
She also accused Gate officials of leaving victims on the base without question.
According to Military.com, the security guard asked the Marine and another serviceman for ID as they passed through the vehicle checkpoint, but not the girl who was in the vehicle with them, according to documents. . The Marine went to his barracks room, where his roommate was also.
On June 28, the Marine defendant and his roommate left the barracks room, but the roommate later returned and kicked the victim out. Later, at about 9:00 a.m., she was found loitering around her barracks building by two Marines.
Military.com said she was transferred to another location within an hour, after which NCIS agents arrived shortly after and were shown entries in the barracks logbook.
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The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department recorded the last time the victim’s family saw him on June 9, according to Military.com.Her family first reported her missing to police on June 13, NBC News report.
The girl’s grandmother told authorities the girl had run away from home several times in the past, according to documents and NBC News.
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