失踪一年半的犹他州未成年人获救：俄勒冈男子被控跨州运送未成年人图谋性犯罪
美国司法部11月4日通报，一名失踪一年半的犹他州未成年人已于11月1日在俄勒冈州一处住所被执法人员安全救出；俄勒冈州 Huntington 居民 Adam Hunter Harmel，39岁，被联邦刑事诉状指控以图谋性犯罪为目的跨州运送未成年人，目前已被联邦收押。
据司法部通报，Harmel 涉嫌于2025年5月在网上结识这名未成年人，随后驾车前往犹他州将其接走，跨州带回自己在俄勒冈州的住所。联邦调查局（FBI）盐湖城办公室于2025年8月20日接到该未成年人于2025年5月失踪的信息。诉状称，受害人先是在游戏平台上被诱导，接触后转至其他社交媒体应用；这类游戏平台常被「虚无主义暴力极端主义」团伙成员用来索取色情照片与自残照片。11月1日，FBI 接获受害人可能所在位置的线索，同日执法人员在 Harmel 住处将其救出。诉状还称，Harmel 在枕头下藏刀，以防受害人逃跑。
Harmel 于11月2日在犹他州联邦地区法院被以刑事诉状起诉，11月4日在 Boise 的 Idaho 联邦地区法院首次出庭。
司法部长 Todd Blanche 表示：「任何对未成年人实施性剥削的人都将被追究责任。今天的逮捕是把被告绳之以法、减轻受害人及其家人所受痛苦的第一步。本届司法部永远不会停止调查和起诉从事这种恶毒掠夺行为的人。」
FBI 局长 Kash Patel 表示，该被告被控跨州运送失踪一年半的未成年人图谋性犯罪，受害人系由俄勒冈州警方根据 FBI 提供的线索救出；他并感谢 FBI 盐湖城外勤办公室、俄勒冈州警察局与联邦检察官在此案中的工作。犹他州联邦检察官 Melissa Holyoak 表示，本案首要任务是让未成年受害人安全回家，涉嫌剥削社区中最脆弱成员的人将被坚决调查追责。
此案由 FBI 盐湖城外勤办公室与 FBI 联合反恐特遣队侦办，俄勒冈州警察局提供重要协助；犹他州助理联邦检察官 Jawayria Z. Auchter 与司法部国家安全司反恐处审判律师 Justin Sher、James Donnelly 负责起诉。司法部提醒，刑事诉状只是指控，被告在法庭被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
Utah Minor Missing for a Year and a Half Recovered: Oregon Man Charged With Transporting Minor for Criminal Sexual Activity
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 4 that a Utah minor who had been missing for a year and a half was safely recovered by law enforcement on November 1 at a residence in Oregon. Adam Hunter Harmel, 39, of Huntington, Oregon, is in federal custody, charged in a criminal complaint with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
According to the Justice Department, Harmel allegedly met the minor online in May 2025, drove to Utah to pick up the victim, and transported the victim across state lines to his residence in Oregon. FBI Salt Lake City received information on August 20, 2025, that the minor had disappeared in May 2025. The complaint alleges the victim was groomed on gaming platforms commonly used by members of Nihilistic Violent Extremist groups to solicit sexually explicit and self-harm images, before the contact moved to other social media applications. On November 1, the FBI received a tip about the victim's possible location, and law enforcement recovered the minor at Harmel's residence the same day. The complaint also alleges Harmel kept a knife under his pillow to prevent the minor from escaping.
Harmel was charged by criminal complaint on November 2 in the District of Utah and had his initial appearance on November 4 at the U.S. District Courthouse in Boise, Idaho.
"Anyone engaged in the sexual exploitation of a minor will be held accountable," said Attorney General Todd Blanche. "Today's arrest is the first step toward bringing the accused to justice and relieving the pain endured by the victim and her family. This Department of Justice will never stop investigating and prosecuting individuals engaged in vicious predatory behavior."
FBI Director Kash Patel said the defendant is charged with transporting a minor to another state to engage in criminal sexual activity, a minor who was missing for a year and a half until Oregon police recovered her based on information provided by the FBI, and he thanked the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office, the Oregon State Police, and federal prosecutors for their work. U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak for the District of Utah said the priority in the case was the safe return of the minor victim and that those who allegedly exploit the most vulnerable members of communities will be relentlessly investigated and held accountable.
The case is being investigated by the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office in conjunction with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, with valuable assistance from the Oregon State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jawayria Z. Auchter for the District of Utah and Trial Attorneys Justin Sher and James Donnelly of the National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting the case. A complaint is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
来源：美国司法部
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