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U.S. soldier AWOL in teenage girl's closet
"Martin had settled in to such an extent that he
obtained a library card and taken out books from the
public library in Mount Vernon... ."
COLUMBUS (Reuters) - A 15-year-old girl hid an AWOL
soldier in her closet for 3 weeks in an Internet- born
romance kept secret from her mother with whom she
lived, the Columbus Dispatch reported Saturday.
Authorities in Mount Vernon, Ohio, said Army Private
Jeffrey Martin, 26, was apprehended on December 9
after the mother finally discovered the live-in
arrangement.
Martin, who had been stationed at Fort Knox,
Kentucky, was being held in the Knox County Jail in
Mount Vernon awaiting trial on charges of illegal use
of a minor and corruption of a minor.
Knox County Prosecutor John Baker said a search of
the cramped closet revealed a neatly- kept bed, a
cache of canned food and a Bible. The soldier had the
run of the apartment after the mother left for work
early each day, he said.
Martin had settled in to such an extent that he
obtained a library card and taken out books from the
public library in Mount Vernon, a community 35 miles
(56 km) northeast of Columbus, Baker said. |
