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Who's hiding under the blanket?
 The
friend. Like a really close friend.
She's your girlfriend.
 It was I just met
her. That's way too dangerous.
 How long
ago did you meet her?
 About two days
ago.
2021.
 Does that look like her?
 Hey, I
got a question for you.
 Is that you?
 No,
sir. That's his wife.
 His wife? He's got
condoms in the center console.
 I lied
about who she was.
 Yeah. This is going
to work a whole lot easier if you quit
lying to me. Over 1,400 miles from home,
a young girl is found hiding under a
blanket during a routine traffic stop.
Behind the wheel is a 32-year-old man
who claims he just met her days earlier
in Las Vegas. But when police start
peeling back the story, they find lies,
fake names, and the culmination of a
shocking multi-state investigation.
You said she's 19.
 I did the math. I I
didn't know. The following report is
based on official police records, and
the footage has never been seen before
until now. Please note that all persons
charged with a crime are presumed
innocent unless and until proven guilty
in a court of law. Just as the sun is
coming up in Navajo County, Arizona, a
sheriff's deputy notices a black SUV
headed eastbound on Interstate 40 with
several items hanging from the rearview
mirror. When he pulls up behind the
vehicle, the driver instantly takes the
next exit, at which point the deputy
makes the stop only to find that the
driver is not alone.
How you doing?
 Good. I'm Smith. I'm with
the Navo County Sheriff's Office. The
reason I pulled you over, you have all
those things in hanging from your
rearview mirror. That's an obstruction
obstruction of view from the roadway.
Oh, I'm sorry. I apologize.
 Who's hiding
under the blanket?
Huh?
Well, can I have you put the blanket
down just so I know that there's not a
gun or nothing on that?
 No, there's
nothing there.
 You all right?
 Yeah. You
ready?
Just thinking.
Okay. Is there anyone else in the car
hiding?
 No, just two two dogs.
 Two dogs?
Yeah.
 Okay. Can I get your driver's
license, your registration, and your
insurance?
Can I have have her keep this blanket
down? I don't know if there's like a
weapon or anything underneath there.
 I
promise. She's just passed out.
 Just
passed out.
 Yeah, it's just it's
okay. Can I get her ID?
 She
What's her name?
Daisy.
 Daisy.
Daisy. What?
And birthday?
 Uh, 2007.
2007.
Daisy Garcia Guzman.
Okay.
 All right. Can I have you come on
back? I'll give you a written warning.
The driver, Raul Alexis Ariano Romero,
is patted down and taken to sit in the
deputy's front seat. But it's the
identity of his female passenger that
will turn this routine traffic stop into
a morning of mystery.
 You're not going
to lock me anytime.
You got a handle.
How's your day going so far?
 Pretty
good. Not too bad. A little tired, but
not too bad.
 Gotcha. Where you coming
from?
 I'm originally from Puerto Rico,
actually.
 Or where are you coming from?
Oh, right now. Uh, from So, I traveled
to Las Vegas.
 Mhm.
 Um, and I'm on my way
back home to New Mexico.
 Gotcha. So, you
don't live in Alabama anymore?
 No, I
don't.
 That's not how you get to New
Mexico. It's Oh, well, I had to kind of
stop a little bit cuz it's starting to
get tired. So, I thought I could find
somewhere here, but I guess there's
nothing here.
 Thought that was possibly
a gas station. That doesn't look like
one.
 Yeah, you just passed like a dozen
of them, actually.
 Oh, I did for real.
Yeah.
 I feel very weird being in your
car right now. I'm not going to lie.
 Why
is that? Would you rather stand out in
the cold?
 I mean, I could have just
stayed in the car. It's just kind of
weird. I've never been invited into a
Consider it your first time.
 Yeah.
Where's Daisy from? Alabama or New
Mexico?
 I
think she's from New Mexico if I
remember correctly. Yes,
 she's your
girlfriend.
 No, she's not.
 Who is she?
Just a friend. Like a really close
friend. Nothing like that.
 How old is
she?
 19.
 The deputy has noticed Raul's
nervousness, writing in his report that
his hands were shaking as he handed over
his license. He decides to dig a little
deeper into Raul's story. So, she's 19,
right? Mhm.
 Obviously,
she's an adult. Mhm.
 You said she didn't
have an ID on her.
 Mm-m.
 What do you
mean by that?
 That I don't think she has
one. I don't think she's ever gotten one
yet.
 Not even an ID?
 Not that I know of.
I mean, she hasn't showed me or talked
to me about one, so I really don't know.
How long ago did you meet her?
 About two
days ago, something like that. Where'd
you meet her at?
 Vegas.
Just taking her home?
 No, kind of. Not
really like that. Um, she just said that
she's never been to New Mexico and I
told her I'm like, "Well, it's really
flat. Really flat land, so thought we'd
go and see it together."
 I thought you
said she was your girlfriend.
 I never
said she was.
 Okay. Must have been a
misunderstanding.
 No, I No, I never said
she was. I just met her. That's way too
soon. Just been kind of getting to know
her, I guess. With Rahul's answers not
quite lining up, the deputy calls for
backup.
 So, what what are you planning
on doing with her?
 Nothing. Just uh she
wanted to go to New Mexico, so she asked
for a drive. That's why I think she's
like a drifter or something or nomad.
 We
got a problem with human smuggling going
on.
 I don't know what that means.
 You
don't know what human smuggling is?
English isn't my first language. So,
 you
speak very good English.
 I I know. I
know. I I know I do. But smuggling
sounds like
 I was not born yesterday.
You know what human smuggling, human
trafficking is?
 Human trafficking. Yes.
Okay. There's a little bit of a
difference. So, human smuggling would be
uh hiding an individual that's not from
this country, bringing them across and
taking them somewhere to another state.
Gotcha.
 Like you met a female two days
ago.
 Yeah.
 You're taking her to another
state.
 I got you. But
 you don't really
know any about anything about her.
 Yeah,
I see what you mean. Do I really look
like the smuggling type?
 Anybody can be
a smuggler.
It's valid.
 We've got grandmas. We got
grandmas. We got
 Oh, no.
I can tell you that. Uh,
as soon as I get behind you, you jump
off the interstate and you go to a dead
end road saying that you're going to New
Mexico doesn't help.
 Oh, that's fair.
Well, I mean, I was I'm not from here.
To get to the bottom of things, the
deputy turns to the girl for answers.
 Do
you have an ID on you, Daisy?
 And what's
your last name?
Okay. What are you doing with him?
Just going to
 When did you meet him?
 Oh,
a long time ago.
 A long time ago.
Okay.
 As a K-9 unit arrives on scene,
the police gather Daisy and Raul
together so the drug dog can sniff the
vehicle. The deputy takes the
opportunity to again ask a question he's
gotten two different answers to.
 How old
are you, Daisy?
I'm
 17.
 You're 17?
 I thought you were
19.
2007.
You didn't.
Well, maybe I did the mask.
 With that
odd excuse hanging in the air, the K9
deputy comes back with news that adds
yet another wrinkle to this traffic
stop.
 All right, y'all. So, my K9's
trained to detect four oders. Okay.
Cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and
fentanyl.
 You need to keep a positive
word to the vehicle. Having said that,
have you guys been in contact with any
of those drugs?
 Uh, like with any No,
no. weed, but
 he is alert to weed, man.
Okay. Well, that's
 no one's smoked any
meth. No friends in Vegas messing around
with anything.
 No. And I didn't really
have anybody in the car much. So,
 okay.
I came all over the vehicle in the state
of Arizona. Gives us probable cause to
search the vehicle. Okay. So, we are
going to be searching the vehicle. You
guys are saying we're not going to find
anything. No tutors, no paraphernalia,
nothing like that.
 Nothing.
 Okay.
 As
they prepare to search the car, Daisy
and Raul are separated once more.
 Daisy,
can you come here real quick?
 Maybe at
most. Can I search you real quick?
But nothing like crazy or anything like
that.
 You got nothing on you?
 I'm going
to have you sit in the front seat of my
car. Okay.
 Before anybody goes in here
without me in there, I got to put your
handcuffs. Okay. So you don't grab any
of my stuff.
Just go ahead and put them behind your
back.
 Wait, why are you
 She's just
detained right now. Cuz I'm not going to
be in here to watch her. She's just
going to sit in my vehicle. I don't need
anyone going through my computer.
Oh, okay.
 As they begin the search, the
deputies discuss the growing
discrepancies in the pair's stories.
So, he she's hiding under this.
 Yeah.
And like I pull it up, she looks young.
He says she's 19 and they met 2 days
ago. She says they met a long time ago
and that she's 17.
 Okay.
 And they met in
Vegas and he's taking her to home to New
Mexico or
 OPR have him in Idaho and he
said he only went to Vegas.
Interesting. He's got knives all over
the place. I definitely CCH. She has no
luggage in the car. Oh, there's the
weed.
 But at the moment, the deputies
are more interested in finding out the
truth behind Daisy and Ro's situation
than what they found in the SUV.
 Now
that you're not next to him, have you
seen him use any drugs over the past
couple days?
 No, sir.
 No. And how old
are you?
 Same.
 Okay. So, did you give
him a fake ID?
 No, sir.
 You give him a
fake name and date of birth? here.
 So,
why does the date of birth that he ran
come back to someone who's 19?
You don't know?
 Okay. How long have you
known him?
 Multiple years.
 Multiple
years. Okay. And how old is he?
I'm not sure.
 Not sure. Do you know his
full name?
Alexis.
Okay. Um, is that your boyfriend or
 No,
just a friend.
 What kind of like family?
Okay. Uh, I'm going to ask you a
personal question. Um, it's up to you if
you want to answer. Have you guys had
any kind of sexual contact or that? No.
Okay.
 The cops note that a fake tattoo
on Daisy's neck is wearing off, giving
them more reason to suspect that she
might be younger than she's letting on.
Meanwhile, the other deputy turns up the
heat on Raul.
 Can you relay exactly what
happened this weekend?
What do you mean
 with her and your
travel plans and everything like that?
Why? because it's not adding up. I've
talked to her, talked to you. I'm
getting two different stories. I just
want to figure out what actually
happened so that we can go on from
there.
 Okay. What did she say?
 I'm not
going to tell you that.
 Well, I mean, I
don't I I feel weird answering. I I just
told you what I I told you what
happened.
 So, you met her 2 days ago?
Yes.
 You went to Vegas. You met her two
days ago.
 Yes. Well, two Yes.
 You said
she's 19. She's 17.
 I did the math
wrong. I I don't know.
 And what are your
plans with her?
 Cuz it doesn't make
sense that you're going to take her to
New Mexico, but you're not going to take
her home.
 I travel. No, I am taken her
back. I travel a lot. So, I just going
to New Mexico for a little bit. I'm
going to see my mom. My dog just died.
One of my dog just died or my mom's dog
just died.
 Well, what are you going to
do with her? You said you're not taking
her to your mom.
 Not like to stay. Not
like that. No, she's going to get a
hotel, I'm guessing. I really don't
know.
 With what money? Uh,
I didn't really think about that to be
honest. I guess with mine.
Anyways, at this point I feel like I
need a lawyer because I'm I'm feeling a
little harassed. I'm not going to lie.
You're not being harassed. You're
detained.
 At this point, okay, you're
going to go in the back of one of these
cars.
 Seems a little sketchy. So, I'm
saying
 you'll be fine.
 Started off with
You'll be fine.
 Sure. I'm not from here.
I don't know how this place works. And I
know some places
 I can tell you that if
you're taking a 17-year-old girl across
state lines
 and you don't know any of
that information, you go to Vegas, you
pick her up.
 Everything that I've seen
so far, obviously, you're detained.
Okay.
 The deputy will soon discover the
truth behind Daisy's identity. But it
will take some work to get past what he
believes is possibly Ro's coaching.
 All
right, Daisy. So, I've got a bunch of
questions because this isn't really
making sense to me. Okay. Are you from
California?
 No sir.
 Where are you from?
Um right where I was born.
I forgot what it's called.
Just be honest with me, please, because
we will figure out everything. Okay?
Just please be honest with me so that
it's not any more confusing than it
needs to be. Can I get your real name?
We're going to get a fingerprint scanner
here.
We're going to get a fingerprint scanner
here.
 Do I have to do it?
What?
 Do I have to do it?
 Um, yeah,
we're going to get your identity. Okay.
So, I'm going to need your full name.
Here's the thing, Daisy or whatever your
name is. You're not in trouble right
now. We are the police. We're here to
help you. We're not here to get him in
trouble, but you're 17 years old. I
cannot let you go with him from here on.
Okay? So, we need to figure out who you
are and where we can help you go. What's
your name?
 Daisy. No. Tell me your real
name.
 Daisy.
 Okay. How do you spell it?
If you Here's the thing. If you lie
about your name, you're going to jail
and we will figure it out. We've got
facial recognition and the fingerprint
scanner.
Okay. So, I'm going to give you this is
your last chance to give me a truthful
identification. You're going to get have
to give me a true name and a date of
birth. Otherwise, you go to jail. Okay.
At last, the girl admits to the deputy
that she's not a 17-year-old nomad, but
rather a 13-year-old from the opposite
side of the country.
 You can cancel the
facial wreck and fingerprint scanner
located the 101. She's a missing
juvenile out of Alabama. Daisy's real
name turns out to be Deetsi Pizarro,
listed as missing on a bulletin from the
Marshall County, Alabama Sheriff's
Office on April 19th, 11 days earlier.
It's far from the last twist in this
rapidly intensifying case.
 What grade
are you in?
 Eight.
 How long ago did you
run away?
Okay. And what are you doing with him?
What are you doing with him?
 I'm just
traveling.
 The alert out of Alabama
about Deetsi also lists a person of
interest. none other than 32-year-old
Raul Alexis Ariano Romero.
 Right now,
you're detained because you lied about
who she was.
 Okay.
 I lied about who she
was.
 Yeah.
 You've known her longer than
2 days. You've been traveling with her
for longer than that.
You lived in Alabama, right?
 Uh yes.
Okay. When did you leave Alabama?
 Uh
while a while ago.
 How long is a while
ago, man?
 Like a while. Like years.
Months. Months. Like months. Months.
Months. You're talking about maybe 8
months.
 Okay.
 Almost a year.
2021.
Does that look like her?
 I don't know.
Hey, I got a question for you.
 Yes, sir.
Is that you?
 No, sir. That's his wife.
His wife?
 Yeah.
 Okay. It's his wife. So,
has she been with you ever since you
left Alabama?
 No.
 Okay. So, when did you
pick her up?
 Uh, like 2 or 3 days ago.
 I
know. See, dude, this is going to work a
whole lot easier if you quit lying to
me. Okay, I know you're lying to me,
bro. We already know that you've been
with her for longer than two days. So,
are you going to tell me how honestly
how long you've been with her?
 Wait,
what makes you think that you know that
I've been with her?
 I'm done with
talking with you. Sit in that car. I've
already talked to her. I got all the
information that I need. But when the
deputies get on the phone with
authorities in Alabama, they learn that
there's still much more to uncover in
this disturbing case.
 It looks like it
says she left around um like in the
morning while the family was asleep. Um
it looks like it was from
7:28 2024.
She was reported missing.
 It turns out
that this is actually the second time
Raul has been accused of taking the girl
on an unauthorized road trip. And the
deputy gets on the phone with
authorities in Massachusetts to learn
more about a pending case from last
year.
 So, we had a kidnapping case here
in Massachusetts back in I believe it
was in July. He drove all the way over
here.
 Yeah.
 And picked this child up who
was here. She She was here on vac on
vacation with her mom, her biological
mom.
 Uhhuh.
 Um he came here and picked
her up and took her out of state lines.
We were able through uh with help with
the state police, we were able to um
find him out in like Virginia somewhere
and he was arrested. He was in prison
for some time. Um his case is actually
coming up soon. We I was just on the
phone with the DA. I I was not aware
that she was on the run again with him.
Yeah.
 Um I'm glad you guys found her.
Thank you guys. Um we'll I'll be in
touch. Give me um give me some a little
bit of time. I'll be I'm going to be in
touch with her parents as well as the
DA's office here and um I'll call you
guys back.
 Raul is transported to the
Navajo County Sheriff's Office for
questioning while Deetsi is taken to the
Family Advocacy Center in Xolo to be
given a forensic interview.
 I know it
may seem like it, but you're still not
in trouble. Okay, we're not charging you
with anything. They're probably going to
have to arrange for a way to get you
back home. And I don't know what your
relationship is with your parents, but
maybe get you in contact with them if
that's what you want.
 In her interview,
Deetsi says she met Raul 2 years ago
through her older brother. They began
communicating through online games like
Fortnite and Call of Duty where she told
him that she wanted to take a trip to
Vegas. He picked her up outside her
house and they stayed the night in
Tennessee and Montana before finally
arriving at a hotel in Henderson,
Nevada. She insists that they slept in
separate beds and had no intimate
contact. And while some items of
interest were found in Ro's vehicle,
he's detained right now because he's in
the prison. He's got condoms in the
center console.
 He's talking to her
still.
 No charges regarding a physical
relationship have been filed. Meanwhile,
at the sheriff's office, Raul is less
than cooperative with the detectives.
We've been talking to
we've been getting all all the
information she has. So, we talked to
her and now we want your side of the
story. I want to hear I want to hear
from you, right? What what's going on?
So, um can you can you start where at
the beginning?
Honestly, I have nothing to say. What
What do you mean by that?
 Exactly that
the straightforward meaning of nothing
to say.
I don't feel comfortable enough talking
to you guys. Um, especially after all of
this, this was just a stop because I had
stuff hanging on my
um my mirror, like you know, the mirror
to look to the back
 and then it went for
all of a sudden it turned into like they
were checking to see if my car had drugs
and
it got completely blown blown out of
proportion. So, I don't feel confident
enough for any of you guys to be honest.
With Rahul unwilling to talk, the
detective reveals what comes next.
 I
don't know if they told you there, but
there was a warrant for your arrest for
kidnapping nationwide extradition. So,
you will be booked into the Naval County
Jail that she went to earlier
 for that
warrant. Okay.
 Raul Alexis Ariano Romero
was transported back to Alabama the next
day where he was charged with
interference with custody. Ariano
Romero's case remains open and ongoing.
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