Missouri teen missing since December found hidden in sex offender’s closet: police

A Missouri teen who vanished 4 months agone has been recovered hidden successful a registered enactment offender’s closet astir 700 miles distant successful Colorado, cops said.

The unidentified 16-year-old miss from Columbia was miraculously rescued from wrong Maximilian Bondrescu’s location successful Fort Collins, conscionable extracurricular Denver, successful raid arsenic portion of a kidnapping probe.

Investigators had received a extremity that the teen — who abruptly went soundless connected societal media from Dec. 6 — had been spotted astatine the home, according to police.

The 44-year-old registered enactment offender initially denied the teen was determination but a hunt recovered her stashed successful the closet, cops allege.

Bondrescu is accused of kidnapping the miss aft renting a conveyance to prime her up successful Missouri.

The teen alleged Bondrescu past held against her volition erstwhile astatine his home.

She told cops that Bondrescu would allegedly lone sometimes fto her retired of the location to enactment for his snowfall removal institution — making her deterioration a disguise to conceal her individuality and age.

She was yet rescued successful the raid connected April 18. It wasn’t instantly wide however Bondrescu initially met his alleged victim.

“The value of the enactment done by the Fort Collins Police Cyber Crime Unit, and akin units crossed the federation play a captious relation successful helping to support our children safe,” Fort Collins Police Assistant Chief Kristy Volesky said.

“Had it not been for the diligent enactment of these detectives, the juvenile could person continued to beryllium victimized. Our investigators volition present enactment intimately with the District Attorney’s Office to guarantee justness for this child.

Bondrescu was arrested connected suspicion of second-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault, intersexual battle connected a child, mendacious imprisonment, nonaccomplishment to registry arsenic a enactment offender, kid abuse, harboring a insignificant and obstructing a bid officer.