(AP) – A Missouri man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for
raping a 15-year-old he met online, a girl held captive in his home for about a
month.
A federal judge in St. Louis on Thursday sentenced 42-year-old Christopher
Schroeder of Marthasville. He pleaded guilty in July to one count of
transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
State charges of statutory rape are still pending.
Court documents say Schroeder met the girl from the Cleveland suburb of
Brooklyn, Ohio, through an internet chat forum in November 2015. He drove to
Ohio and picked her up, then took her back to his home.
Authorities say Schroeder destroyed the girl’s cellphone and told her to
change her appearance and use a different name.
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