3 charged with sexual exploitation, kidnapping in missing Arizona girl case
Police arrested three adults from Tennessee on six felony charges after they were found at a motel with a girl reported missing from Arizona, authorities announced on Wednesday.
Kimberly M. Aldridge, 29, George R. Johnson, 34, and Leslie Johnson, 74, were booked into the Apache County Jail on sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated lure of a minor for sexual exploitation, kidnapping, custodial interference, conspiracy, misconduct involving weapons and facilitation, according to police.
Springerville police on Dec. 31 received a report about a runaway girl whose mother suspected she was conversing with unknown adults on social media, the Police Department said.
An investigation led officers to a local hotel where, with the assistance of county sheriff's deputies and Eagar police, the girl and the three suspects were found, authorities said.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: 3 charged in missing Arizona girl case
