By Heather Willard | KDVR Fox31
DENVER (KDVR) — A 14-year-old girl is safe and two men are facing charges after law enforcement found her Wednesday in Las Vegas, and police say a third suspect is under investigation.
The girl was last seen by her family June 15 and was still in Las Vegas when police provided an update in the case Thursday.
The Aurora Police Department said Christian Williamson, 26, and Cameron Scruggs, 25, face charges in the case. Williamson was arrested in Kremmling, while Scruggs was arrested in Las Vegas.
Williamson is facing charges of internet sexual luring of a child and internet sexual exploitation of a child. Scruggs is facing one charge of kidnapping out of Colorado and statutory sexual seduction by a person 21 or older out of Nevada. Police are also investigating a female suspect.
Police said the teen’s parents found her journal after she went missing, and learned through the entries that she was communicating online and through the messaging app Discord with older men.
Affidavits detail investigation, online conversations
FOX31 obtained arrest affidavits for Williamson and Scruggs on Thursday, which shared new details about how police found the two men.
The affidavit for Williamson said he spoke to the teenage girl at length online, even sending her videos of him having sexual relations with another person, and asking the Aurora girl to do sexual things.
Police retrieved at least one naked photo of Williamson that he had sent to the teen, and learned that he had previously lived in Aurora, but recently moved to Kremmling.
Aurora police detectives obtained a warrant to look at Williamson’s cellphone data, which showed he traveled to the Aurora area at about 2 a.m. on June 16, just hours after she went missing.
Police went to Williamson’s address in Kremmling and spoke to him about the case. While Williamson was there, the missing teen was not. However, while talking to police, Williamson “admitted to picking up (the teen) and stated that they then went to a Motel 6 in Lakewood and hung out for a while.”
He said that’s when his friend Cameron Scruggs came to the motel. On June 17, Scruggs allegedly left the state with the teen.
While searching Williamson’s cellphone, police found Williamson consistently spoke with only one number and later learned that number was associated with Scruggs.
Using law enforcement databases, the Aurora detectives learned Scruggs was likely driving a blue Hyundai sedan. After running the license plate, the vehicle was found to have been on Interstate 70 on June 17 at about 7:37 a.m., heading eastbound, toward the Denver area. Almost six hours later, the same vehicle was seen on the cameras heading westbound at about 1:17 p.m on Interstate 70.
“This would be enough time to get to the Denver area, pick (the teen) up and start driving back towards Las Vegas,” the arrest affidavit states.
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