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An active-duty U.S. Marine was arrested this week after he allegedly traveled from North Carolina to Indiana "to meet, kidnap and sexually assault" a 12-year-old girl, the FBI said.

William Richard Roy, a 24-year-old from Camp Lejeune, was taken into custody by the FBI in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 26, according to the FBI’s Indianapolis Field Office.

The bureau said its investigation began on Oct. 25 when the FBI Indianapolis Field Office’s Merrillville Resident Agency received information from the Hammond Police Department regarding a missing 12-year-old girl believed to be traveling with Roy. The child’s grandmother had reported her missing earlier that day.

"Through the coordinated efforts of the FBI, Hammond Police Depa

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