Deputies: Two arrested in kidnapping, sex assault of Charleston 14-year-old

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Multiple agencies including the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and the United States Marshals have charged two suspects for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in March, according to our news affiliate WCIV.

Officials said 19-year-old Denzell Xavier Furlow and a 17-year-old were arrested last Wednesday after the victim reported she was abducted on March 22.

(Denzell Xavier Furlow)

The incident happened near a bus stop on Hitching Post Road in the Ponderosa subdivision in West Ashley. The victim's parents reported her missing after she did not go to school.

Charleston County deputies said the victim was found the next day at a business complex on Savannah Highway. She said she had been taken from the bus stop by three black male suspects.

The victim said after the suspects took her from the bus stop, they took her to a different location and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint.

According to court documents, detectives were able to obtain arrest warrants after the victim positively identified the suspects from a six person photographic lineup.

This is an ongoing and active investigation. 

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