Virginia man arrested at DIA, accused of kidnapping 12-year-old Fresno girl gazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Fresno, Calif., police say Nathan Larson used âsophisticatedâ methods to recruit the 12-year-old girl.
The suspectâs father, Arthur Larson, 69, allegedly attacked officers who searched the family home in Catlett on Thursday. A Catlett man faces charges in California of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl, child abduction, soliciting child pornography from a minor and meeting a child for the intention of sex.
Denver police on Monday, Dec. 14, arrested Nathan Daniel Larson, 40, at the airport there.
That morning, âthe Fresno (Calif.) County Sheriffâs Office and Fresno Police Department received a report of a missing 12-year-old Fresno girl,â the sheriffâs office said in a press release. âDuring the early portion of the investigation, detectives developed information that the girl may have been coerced into running away with an older man, a man she had met through social media in mid-October.
“This particular case is extremely disturbing,” Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said.
Larson began communicating with the unnamed victim living in Fresno, California, mid-October through multiple social media platforms. He convinced the girl “through manipulation and grooming” to send him inappropriate images of herself, authorities said.
Eventually Larson flew from Virginia to Fresno, then about 2 a.m. Monday persuaded the girl to sneak out of her home, authorities said.
The two took a rideshare vehicle to the Fresno Airport, authorities said.
Larson made the girl wear a wig and told her to act as if she was disabled and unable to speak so she couldn’t converse with anyone as they boarded a plane, authorities said.
Former state House of Delegates candidate charged with abduction of 12-year-old girl insidenova.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insidenova.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“This particular case is extremely disturbing,” Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said.
Larson began communicating with the unnamed victim living in Fresno, California, mid-October through multiple social media platforms. He convinced the girl “through manipulation and grooming” to send him inappropriate images of herself, authorities said.
Eventually Larson flew from Virginia to Fresno, then about 2 a.m. Monday persuaded the girl to sneak out of her home, authorities said.
The two took a rideshare vehicle to the Fresno Airport, authorities said.
Larson made the girl wear a wig and told her to act as if she was disabled and unable to speak so she couldn’t converse with anyone as they boarded a plane, authorities said.