CARBON COUNTY, Wyo. (WLUK) — The two men accused of kidnapping a Manitowoc girl are returning to Wisconsin to face charges.
Court officials from Carbon County, Wyoming, confirmed to FOX 11 that Alexcer Solis Gomez, 22, and Pedro Giron Perez, 33, waived extradition during hearings Friday.
Both men are charged in Manitowoc County with one count of abducting a child. In addition, they are also under investigation regarding their immigration status, police previously said.
The case began Nov. 28, when the Two Rivers Police Department was notified about a 16-year-old female missing from Manitowoc. The girl’s younger sister told police the victim said she was “on the road” and that it was “for the safety of her family.”
According to the criminal complaint, “WITNESS 1 stated CHILD VICTIM’s boyfriend had become involved with the cartel and CHILD VICTIM believed she was being followed. WITNESS 1 said CHILD VICTIM had stated she woke up to an airdropped photo with a gun pointed at the residence she was staying at.”
The complaint says the missing girl was last seen being picked up by a Hispanic male in a small, dark-colored sedan, several hours before law enforcement was informed of her disappearance.
Investigators learned the female may be with her boyfriend, a 20-year-old man, who has a bench warrant for felony drug offenses in Outagamie County, according to the complaint. FOX 11 is not naming him because he has not been charged in the kidnapping case.
Police tracked the girl’s phone and determined she had been taken out of Wisconsin. TRPD worked with law enforcement partners to send alerts to the states the juvenile was traveling in or headed toward and used Flock cameras to identify the suspect vehicle.
That is how the information got to the Wyoming Highway Patrol. According to WHP, troopers responded to a Be On The Lookout alert Nov. 29 for a missing female minor from Wisconsin.
Using cell phone pings, troopers were able to determine the location of the suspect vehicle and conduct a traffic stop. Law enforcement said the missing girl was found inside the vehicle with Solis Gomez and Giron Perez, who claimed they had been hired by the girl’s boyfriend to transport her to California.
The complaint says Solis Gomez admitted he was the man who had picked up the girl in Two Rivers.
The girl was found safe and unharmed.
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