Nebraska State Patrol troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol found a missing 13-year-old girl from Indiana and arrested a Colorado man following a traffic stop on Interstate 80.
The patrol says on Wednesday afternoon they were notified by the Lafayette, Indiana Police Department that the missing girl was believed to be traveling through Nebraska with a man. About 20 minutes later, a trooper located the suspect vehicle as it was traveling westbound on I-80 near Kearney.
The trooper conducted a traffic stop on the pickup and found the girl hiding in the pickup. The driver, 20 year old Kyle Miotke of Elizabeth, Colorado, was initially arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
On Thursday, the Lafayette Police Department acquired an arrest warrant for Miotke on several additional charges, including promotion of sexual trafficking of a younger child, kidnapping a victim less than 14 years of age, performing sexual conduct in the presence of a minor, inappropriate communication with a child via electronic device, and dissemination of matter harmful to minors.
Miotke was booked into the Buffalo County Jail.