Anybody got ID?
>> Roll your weapon down now. Roll it down.
>> So you speak English.
>> Ah, so
>> in June 2024, a 14-year-old girl from
Indiana was reported missing and within
hours, investigators realized this
wasn't a runaway case. It was an
interstate kidnapping. The missing girl
was traced to Missouri, hundreds of
miles from home. Detectives discovered
she had been [music] traveling inside a
black SUV registered in Texas and
multiple men were seen with her.
>> Driver,
PUT YOUR HANDS OUT THE WINDOW. OH, JEFF.
OH, JEFF. JEFF.
Holy smokes. What in the world? ROLL THE
WINDOWS DOWN NOW. ALL THE WINDOWS DOWN
NOW. ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN. ROLL THE
WINDOWS [screaming] DOWN.
ROLL ALL YOUR WINDOWS DOWN NOW. PUT YOUR
HANDS UP.
>> WINDOWS,
>> JEFF. DANG. I can't SEE YOU, JEFF. ROLL
ALL YOUR WINDOWS DOWN, JEFF. I CAN'T SEE
YOU.
>> OKAY, I'M
>> ROLL YOUR WINDOW down now. ROLL THEM
DOWN. ROLL THEM DOWN NOW. ROLL THEM
DOWN. ROLL THEM DOWN. EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THEM. HANDS UP. EVERYBODY hands up.
Everybody hands up.
>> Who's in the back?
Okay. All right. Everybody keep their
hands up. Hear me?
>> Yeah. What happened?
>> Okay. Well, I'm Trooper Sap. We're doing
investigative sap. Okay. Anybody got ID?
>> Yeah.
>> Are you
How old are you? You're 14. Okay. All
right. Don't anybody move. Jeff, you got
them?
>> Okay.
Start opening the door. Got ID.
>> Give me ID.
ID.
>> ID.
>> No, no, keep your hands.
>> Yep. Put your hands up. Hands. Thank
you. What about you, sir? Your driver.
Okay. You have a driver's license?
>> Yes, sir.
>> Okay. Thank you. Okay. One, two, three,
four. I need one more ID. Yeah. ID.
>> You got it. Okay. All right. I'mma I'm
going to pull her out. Okay. You're
going to need to come out and open that
seat up.
Yep.
>> No, no, no, no, no, nope.
Step out, Miss.
We've got her. I don't know if we need
to go ahead and start putting handcuffs
on people.
I don't know where John's at.
>> Hey, Jeff.
I don't I think we need to start putting
handcuffs on people right now. And I've
only got one on me.
I think when you start handcuffing
everybody
and I don't know where John went. Step
out. Put your hands behind your back.
Put your hands behind your back. Step
out. Put your hands behind your back.
See? See? Turn around. Turn around. Turn
around.
Why don't you come over here? Come here.
Sit down. All right. You come with me.
Honey, what are you doing with these
guys? Go ahead and sit there. You sit
there. I need cuffs. Do you have a
couple sets of cuffs?
>> We're in the process of securing them.
Okay.
>> Called out.
>> Okay. You over here.
>> Kneel down right here beside him. Just
kn just kneel down.
>> So, you speak English.
>> Ah, so
okay.
>> Oh god, I didn't know you had one more.
I'm going to go back and start see
what's going on.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. So, we got a call about you
obviously. Uh you're 14. You look 14.
Why are you with these guys?
>> Nothing. We're just going to California.
>> California. You're without your parents'
knowledge. None of these are your
parents, right?
>> No.
>> Okay. That's why we got called.
>> Oh.
>> Okay.
>> Mhm.
>> All right.
And in case I didn't tell you, I am
Trooper Sap Honduras. How did you meet
these guys? H
>> how did you meet these guys?
>> Um they are my friends.
>> They are way older than you. So you
don't understand why your parents called
you. You're not in trouble with your
parents. You're not under arrest or
anything.
>> Girl, girl, girl, girl. I'm going to
guess in at some point your parents are
going to want to talk to you. Do you
have your you have your phone with you?
Have they been trying to call you?
>> Yeah.
>> You want to call them while we're
sitting here and I'll talk to them?
>> They don't speak English.
>> They don't speak English?
>> No.
>> Where are they from?
>> Guatemala.
>> They're from Guatemala. So, the
situation is is your your parents have
called. I guess they saw you had left
with these guys. So, did they hurt you
at all?
>> No, they mean good to me.
>> Yeah. Why were you going to California
with them? to say family.
>> Your family or their family?
>> No, my family.
>> Your family. But your parents, their
their parents, do they know any of these
gentlemen?
>> No, but I told them that I wanted to go
to see family.
>> Do you realize you're for you're 14?
You're still a kid?
>> Yeah.
>> And if you were my kid, I would be mad,
crazy, upset, worried about you. And I'm
sure they are, too. Don't you think? Cuz
they called.
>> Yeah.
>> That's how that's why we um are doing
this. And I'm glad you're okay cuz I was
worried that we would stop these guys
and you would not be with them, but your
phone would. I was really worried about
you. Do you want to call your parents
real quick? I mean, you can talk to them
and um I can use my app if I need to
talk to them. I could try.
>> But I think my dad is working.
>> No, your dad is I I doubt it. So, give
give him a call, please.
>> He's not answering.
>> No.
>> Where does he What? It's It's 2:30 in
the morning. Is he at work at 2:30 in
the morning?
>> Yeah, he's
>> Where's your mom?
>> I think he's sleeping.
>> Okay, I'm going to step out to the back
of my car and talk to another officer.
Okay, just stay right in here. I'm
probably going to need some help. I'm
probably going to need a lot a lot of
help. There's five Hispanic. She's with
them. I got her. She's safe. She says
they have not harmed her. But she left
with them. They're I mean the youngest
she's 14, youngest is 19. and they go up
to, you know, 50 some odd year old, 54
year olds. So, there's five of them and
one little baby girl. I'm guessing it's
some sort of transing thing. They said
they were going to California. And they
don't speak English. One of them kind of
speaks English. There's four of only
one's legal and four of them are They're
all illegal.
>> You got it.
>> Give me your phone.
>> Huh?
>> Give me your phone.
So, what is she saying?
>> She's going to California this year.
Family with five strangers she just met.
She's 14. She looks 10.
>> Oh, yeah. I've seen her.
>> According to their documents, they've
all got identification. Um, four out of
the five is definitely 100% illegal. The
other one, the one driving at least has
a valid driver's license. The biggest
thing I need to do now is
>> call ICE.
>> Unless you want your vehicle towed,
>> we can lock up your vehicle and leave it
here. Is that your vehicle?
>> Yes, mine.
>> Yours?
>> Okay.
>> Do you want to tow? Oh, you guys are all
going to jail.
>> Everybody.
>> Why?
>> Well, we'll talk about that. Okay.
Either you talk to me or you don't talk
to me, but you're still going to go to
jail. You got a 14-year-old girl with
you.
>> Yeah, for the family.
>> Well, that's not why we're here. Okay.
>> All right. I'm ready to be off of this
highway.
Okay, we are going to go into town,
which is just like right here. And I'm
going to take you into the sheriff's
department. And there's a juvenile
officer lady, nice ladies, is going to
come talk to you and figure out what to
do and contact be in contact hopefully
with your mom where you can be reunited
with your mom. You can't run away at 14.
Not till you're 18.
>> Okay?
>> Then you can do what you want. Okay? 14.
14, not so much. You can't be with five
men that aren't that you're not supposed
to.
>> Okay.
>> I talked to the officer that took a
report from your parents who said that
you told your parents you weren't coming
out.
>> Authorities identified the men as
undocumented immigrants from Honduras
and Mexico. And all five were criminally
charged with kidnapping. Police say the
group transported the girl across state
lines, taking her from Indiana to
Missouri, which elevated the case
immediately due to federal kidnapping
implications.