Wichita man arrested for abducting child in Arkansas

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The Wichita Police Division says it has arrested 35-year-old David E. Roark of Wichita on a number of costs in regards to the abduction of a kid from Arkansas, in addition to excellent warrants from Kentucky. The arrest stems from an investigation performed by the Exploited and Lacking Youngster Unit (EMCU) and the White County Sheriff’s Workplace in Arkansas.

Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, a WPD Patrol North supervisor was contacted by a detective sergeant with the White County Sheriff’s Workplace requesting assist finding a lacking youngster from their jurisdiction. Wichita police have been instructed {that a} 14-year-old lady had left her dwelling in Arkansas in early November and never returned. A follow-up investigation by White County detectives revealed she had been seen in a comfort retailer with a person earlier than leaving in a car with that man.

The person was recognized as Roark, who was discovered to have two warrants from the state of Kentucky. Extra info supplied by White County recommended that the suspect was presumably within the Wichita space. EMCU and the Web Crimes Towards Youngsters (ICAC) unit started investigating and positioned an tackle within the 1800 block of N. Litchfield, the place it was believed the suspect was staying.

Roark was seen leaving the house and brought into custody. The lacking youngster was then positioned in a closet inside the home. Each have been transported to EMCU for extra interviews, the place it was found additional crimes had occurred in Wichita. A search warrant for the residence was executed, and Roark was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on native costs and the 2 Kentucky warrants.

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