Overview
- Montville police located the missing 12-year-old by tracking her cellphone to a hotel room on Aug. 14 and found her inside a room rented by Jayden C. Fox.
- Officers arrested 21-year-old Jayden C. Fox, who is identified as a U.S. Army soldier from Fort Bragg, and charged him with first-degree felony rape.
- Police say Fox traveled from Fort Bragg on a four-day leave after meeting the girl online and had gone to the Willowick area to pick her up.
- The girl was reunited with her family and Fox remains held in the Medina County Jail on a $2 million bond while the investigation continues.
- Authorities are working with the Medina County Prosecutor’s Office and other agencies to pursue evidence, and they say further charges are likely as the probe develops.