Missing Louisiana teen found in Pennsylvania man's basement: SVU

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) — A teen reported missing from Louisiana was found in the basement of a home in Pennsylvania, according to the Pittsburgh Special Victims Unit (SVU).

Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, was arrested Oct. 31 after SVU agents, who were also part of an FBI task force, received information from U.S. Marshals that a missing Louisiana teen may be located at a residence in Pittsburgh.

Agents found the teen girls in a sheet-covered box in the basement of the home where Crumity is believed to live, according to the criminal complaint. While the age of the girl wasn't released, police noted 26-year-old Crumity was 11 or more years older than her.

The teen told authorities she began talking with Crumity over Snapchat, and he offered to help her get adopted by a "trusted adult." According to charging documents, the teen made her way to Washington, D.C., where she met another woman who asked if she needed help. The teen said the two then traveled together to Pittsburgh.

According to detectives, the teen alleged the three of them would sleep in the same bed in the basement and that Crumity sexually assaulted and raped her at least once a day for the past week that she was there.

While at the hospital, the teen told detectives it was the safest she's ever felt, according to charges.

Crumity was placed in Allegheny County Jail with bail denied. He's been charged with multiple felonies, including trafficking, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with minors, sexual assault, corruption of minors, and other related misdemeanors.

The woman who allegedly met the teen in D.C. has no known charges pending against her, according to the Pennsylvania court system. It's currently unknown if charges will be filed.