A 13-year-old girl who was missing with three other people was found safe on Sunday morning.
Sarah Maynard was last seen on Wednesday. Sources told 10TV News that the girl was found safe inside a Columbus Road home in Mount Vernon.
UPDATE I: SWAT team found Sarah Maynard bound and gagged in the basement of a home in Mount Vernon, Ohio
A SWAT team found Sarah Maynard bound and gagged in the basement of a home in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Knox County Sheriff David Barber said at a news conference today.
The man who lives in the house, 30-year-old Matthew Hoffman was arrested and charged with kidnapping, Barber said.
Maynard was taken to Knox Community Hospital for evaluation, the sheriff said.
“She was being held against her will,” Barber said. “She is in good in good condition.”
Matthew J. Hoffman has been charged with Sarah Maynard’s kidnapping.
Sheriff Barber said Hoffman listed two residences. One was at 49 Columbus Road where Sarah was found. The second was at 3730 Apple Valley Drive.
The second address is a home owned by Hoffman’s parents and is within walking distance to the home from which the four people were reported missing last Wednesday.
Today’s events began when The Mount Vernon News reported law enforcement officers forced entry into the home on Columbus Street around 7:45 a.m.
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