Overview
- FBI Cincinnati, Colerain Police and Ohio BCI announced Fields was safely recovered in Florida and is expected to return to Ohio.
- Agents had identified a person of interest living in Tennessee and deployed the FBI Hostage Rescue Team to his home, but he fled before they arrived.
- FBI Jacksonville and local police found the suspect’s vehicle in a Palatka parking lot, then located Fields at a nearby hotel and took the suspect into custody.
- Authorities said details on the Florida suspect’s charges will be released in the near future as the multi-agency investigation continues.
- Separately, Kyle Lawrence, 43, of New York was federally charged with sexual exploitation and child‑pornography offenses tied to prior interactions with Fields, and police said he is not charged in her disappearance.