PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Two brothers have been charged in connection with the missing girl at the center of a Turquoise Alert sent late Tuesday night.
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Patrick Sanchez Jr., 68, and Manuel Sanchez, 60, face several charges after an investigation into the circumstances that led to a 13-year-old girl being reported missing.
Patrick faces the following charges in Maricopa County:
- Sexual conduct with a minor
- Luring a minor for sexual exploitation
- Molestation of a child
- Custodial interference
- Unlawful imprisonment
- Kidnapping
- Tampering with physical evidence
Manuel faces the following charges in Gila County:
- Custodial interference
- Unlawful imprisonment
- Kidnapping
- Tampering with physical evidence
Arizona’s Family is working to learn more about the two arrests.
The Turquoise Alert was sent around 9 p.m. Tuesday for a 13-year-old girl reported missing from Apache Junction.
She got into a family fight and refused to get into a family member’s car, authorities said. The girl then walked south through the parking lot, and a man in an early 2000s white Chevrolet Impala four-door sedan approached her.
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Officials said she got into the car, and the driver was seen heading west on Superstition Boulevard. The man was identified, located in Globe, Ariz., and taken into DPS custody.
Family members said the girl was located in the Globe-Miami area.
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