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Oakdale Couple Charged After Missing 14-Year-Old Is Found Hidden in Cardboard Box

Evidence seized from the home and electronic devices reportedly links images and videos of the alleged assault to the Olsons and both are jailed awaiting court proceedings.

Overview

  • Police began investigating after the girl was reported missing from school on May 26 and officers found her hidden in a cardboard box in the Olsons' bedroom early the next morning.
  • Angeline Marie Olson was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and soliciting a child while Andrew Donald Olson faces counts of possessing child sexual abuse material and soliciting a child; both were charged May 29 and remain in Washington County Jail.
  • Search warrants for the residence and phones reportedly turned up explicit images and videos of the victim, and metadata investigators cite ties the files to the Olsons' home on the day the girl went missing.
  • Neighbors told police they saw the teen partially unclothed outside the home around 1:45 a.m., officers say the couple first denied the girl was present, were described as argumentative and were detained during the search.
  • Local reports note prior Child Protective Services involvement with the family, prosecutors will move the case through Washington County courts, and the Olsons’ lawyers have said they will contest the charges.