Utah teen found at Oregon home of man charged with transporting her across state lines, Digi Mart USA News (Huntington, Oregon): A 17-year-old girl from Utah who went missing in May 2025 was found at the home of an Oregon man who has been charged with transporting her across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Authorities acting on a tip rescued the girl Sunday at a home in Huntington, Oregon, and arrested Adam Hunter Harmel, 39, in a traffic stop about 30 miles away. The missing girl had told another child she met online that she had run away and was being held against her will at a man’s house in Oregon.
On Sunday, a parent of that other child contacted the missing Utah girl by video, and the FBI listened in. During the call, the girl said she met Harmel on social media and that he had driven her from Utah to Oregon, according to an FBI agent’s court records.
She also said Harmel threw her phone in a river and told her she could not leave his home. She said he made her sleep against a wall to prevent her from escaping from the bed they shared, often hit her, and sexually assaulted her.
According to the FBI, he also forced her to remove her braces with pliers so she could not be identified.
No lawyer for Harmel was listed in court records. The federal public defender’s office in Utah declined to comment when The Associated Press asked whether it represented him.
The AP also reached out through social media to someone believed to be related to Harmel.
