Man Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Missing Middle School Girl While Evading Police

A man in his 20s has been arrested and charged by police for harboring a missing middle school student for over a month and sexually assaulting her.

Incheon Namdong Police Station announced today (September 18) that they have arrested and transferred a man in his 20s, identified as A, to the prosecution on charges of violating the Act on the Protection and Support of Missing Children and statutory rape of a minor.

A is accused of living together with a runaway middle school girl, B, in the greater Seoul area from July 28 until recently, and sexually assaulting her over the course of about a month.

Police launched an investigation after receiving a report on August 1 that a middle school daughter had not been returning home, and subsequently identified A.

Following a stakeout, police arrested him on an emergency basis at an officetel in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.

Investigations showed that A got to know B while hanging out with B's friends.

He was found to have evaded police pursuit by moving around various locations in the greater Seoul area, even after knowing that B's parents had reported her as missing.

A police official stated, "Although A tried to slip through the investigative net by fleeing from place to place, we arrested him on an emergency basis in Pyeongtaek."

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