Updated: 3:33 PM CST March 12, 2021
STUART, Iowa A man is charged with harboring a runaway child after officers located a missing teen girl at his house.
Stuart police officers visited Dale Terrell s house twice on Monday, according to a press release from the city s police department.
The officers were searching for a 13-year-old girl who was reported missing shortly after 10 a.m. that same day.
Less than one hour later, officers arrived at Terrell s house for the first time. He denied the 13-year-old was there. Officers left.
Later that night at around 8:30 p.m., officers returned to Terrell s house, and he again denied the girl was at his house. It wasn t until officers showed Terrell evidence to the contrary Terrell admitted the teen was there.