A 52-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping a missing 15-year-old South Carolina teen after her blood was found on duct tape near his home.

Freddie Grant, was uncooperative when investigators asked him if he knew where Gabrielle Swainson, the teen who has been missing since Saturday, was, reports the San Francisco Chronical.

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Gabrielle who lives at 221 Tamara Way in the North Crossing neighborhood of Columbia, S. C. has been missing since Aug. 18. She was last seen by her mother, Elvia Swainson, who left the house to go to work for a few hours. Gabrielle was asleep when she left, but when she returned Gabrielle was gone, reports Midlands Connect news.

Grant who dated Gabrielle’s mother was questioned by authorities early on in the investigation, and investigators became more suspicious of him when he refused to cooperate, said Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott.
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Grant is a convicted felon and bullets were found in his home, leading to a federal weapons charge. Further search of his home lead to Gabrielle’s DNA found on some duct tape with blood on it near his home, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

Also, cell phone records show that Grant was near Gabrielle’s home around the time she disappeared and both appeared to end up at Grant’s home, the sheriff said.

Investigators are also taking a closer look at the case of a missing woman that lived with Grant in Elgin. Adriana Laster, 28, was reported missing by her grandmother in March. Elgin Police Chief Harold Brown said that police were called to Grant’s home several times for domestic violence.

Currently, there is a reward for $6,000 for information leading to the whereabouts of Gabrielle.

If you have any information, please call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

State College police are searching for Jesse McMillen, 21, a Penn State student who was last seen at the Red Carpet Inn in Ebensburg when he told the desk clerk he was hitchhiking to see a friend in Pittsburgh, according to reports.

Although police said the friend in Pittsburgh has been identified, McMillen has not yet been seen. Supposedly he was looking for a place to rent for the upcoming school year and was thought to have been looking at a camping trailer somewhere near Bellefonte.

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McMillen, whose parents live in Lake Ariel, is described as five feet seven inches tall and 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes and glasses.

Police said he went to look at a camping trailer he found on Craigslist, and the trailer was allegedly owned by a woman names Nan.

Anyone with any information on McMillen’s whereabouts is asked to contact State College police at 814-234-7150.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued a Silver Alert for Jeffrey Wachholz.

The alert was issued after police responded to the 3800 block of Bettes Circle to investigate reports of a missing person.

Wachholz, 50, was last seen Saturday morning at 10:16, according to a news release from Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Shannon Hartley.

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Hartley said Wachholz was seen leaving his home. Wachholz was driving his 2000 gray convertible BMW Z3 with Florida tag “GR8FACE.”

Wachholz was supposed to travel to New York for a mental evaluation. Hartley said he left to avoid making the trip.

The victim, according to police, suffers from depression and early onset dementia.

Anyone with information about Jeffrey Wachholz’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 or via email at JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org.