CHARLESTON, S.C. — Multiple agencies including the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and the United States Marshals have charged two suspects for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in March, according to our news affiliate WCIV.
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Officials said 19-year-old Denzell Xavier Furlow and a 17-year-old were arrested last Wednesday after the victim reported she was abducted on March 22.
Charleston County deputies said the victim was found the next day at a business complex on Savannah Highway. She said she had been taken from the bus stop by three black male suspects.
(Denzell Xavier Furlow)
The incident happened near a bus stop on Hitching Post Road in the Ponderosa subdivision in West Ashley. The victim's parents reported her missing after she did not go to school.
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The victim said after the suspects took her from the bus stop, they took her to a different location and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint.
According to court documents, detectives were able to obtain arrest warrants after the victim positively identified the suspects from a six person photographic lineup.
This is an ongoing and active investigation.