Teen Found with Fugitive in Key Largo: Kidnapping Arrest Made
TL;DR
A 13-year-old girl from South Carolina, who was reported missing and initially described as a runaway, was found with Tyler Michael Berlick, 35, in Key Largo, Florida. Berlick, wanted by the FBI for kidnapping, met the girl through an online chatting service and gaming app. Deputies located them in Berlick's vehicle at a shopping center and arrested him on an out-of-state kidnapping warrant. The FBI is leading the investigation, and Berlick is awaiting extradition to South Carolina.
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