Missing 12-year-old girl found in Ohio with man she met online

A missing 12-year-old Georgia girl has been found in northeastern Ohio with a man she met online, our sister station WSB-2 TV reports.

12-year-old Maria Gomez-Perez disappeared from her Gainesville home in May.

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On July 25, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office reported that Gomez-Perez had been found “in another state” and was “safe and OK,” according to WSB-2.

Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said Gomez-Perez was found in Dover, Ohio, along with 34-year-old Antonio Agustin.

According to WSB-2, Gomez-Perez met Agustin online and began talking to him and other adult males via Facebook Messenger.

She told Agustin that she was unhappy and wanted to leave the house.

On May 29, Agustin drove to Gainesville, picked up Gomez-Perez and took her back to his home in Ohio.

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Investigators believe Gomez-Perez has been in northeastern Ohio since then.

Agustin has been arrested and is being held in the Tuscarawas County Jail, WBS-2 reports.

No details have yet been released about how authorities found Gomez-Perez.