Investigators find Snapchat used after missing child was found – KETV

A 12-year-old girl reported missing from Omaha on Tuesday was found safe this weekend. Police said the investigation led them to the house of 30-year-old Devon Miller of Council Bluffs.Officials said Miller was taken into custody for first-degree kidnapping.The girl was safely returned to her family. Now that she’s been found, KETV is no longer using her name. Court documents say Miller admitted to messaging the girl on Snapchat, a platform that advocates say is often used by predators.“We assisted in organizing a meeting of searchers in our parking lot,” said Lestina Saul, Project Beacon’s coordinator under the Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition, a program that addresses trafficking.Saul said the community came together in the search. “This search was like a prayer, we all wanted to find her,” she said. “We all wanted her to come home safely.”She said the outcome was different from many cases involving missing Indigenous people. “That was an answered prayer,” Saul said, adding that it gave people “a good feeling of hope.”Saul also called for more collaboration between communities and law enforcement, similar to this investigation. “When people go missing, there needs to be more cohesion with law enforcement and with the community,” she said.Suzie
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