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Missing pregnant teen Sophia Franklin, 17, found with 40-year-old man – Gary Day is charged with abduction, child enticement

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f9973d77c29255b4a96adfec6ed6d358" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Two-month search for missing pregnant teen Sophia Franklin ends after she&&num;8217&semi;s found with 40-year-old man charged with abducting her<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b6b42c8c0542d4528eaeec936f27ce3" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Franklin was spotted just before midnight Wednesday&comma; her 17th birthday&comma; with Gary Day&comma; 40&comma; near Omaha&comma; Nebraska&comma; around 500 miles from her home in Beaver Dam<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22da494293330053f809eaa9eba206e3" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Day&comma; who is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;known to be the father” of Franklin’s unborn child&comma; according to a multi-state Amber Alert when she went missing Feb&period; 3&comma; was arrested after police located the pair off a tip on April 2<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ab4a063f2bacf5220ccbb4abfbbe27b2" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;342424&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Gary Day has been charged with two counts of abduction of a child and two counts of child enticement<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;Sophia-Franklin-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-477266" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>An Amber Alert was issued for Sophia Franklin&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; then 16&comma; after she was last seen leaving her home in Wisconsin on Feb 3&comma; with a 40-year-old man&period; She was found on Thursday&comma; five months pregnant with her abductor&&num;8217&semi;s child <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The urgent two-month search for missing Wisconsin teen Sophia Franklin was called off on April 2&comma; after she was found safe&comma; along with the 40-year-old man believed to have gotten her pregnant&period;<br>An urgent hunt began when she went missing February 3&period; It was believed Franklin had been abducted Gary Day when she ran away to his home&comma; more than 700 miles away in Arkansas&period;<br>Franklin was spotted just before midnight Wednesday her 17th birthday&comma; with Gary Day&comma; near Omaha&comma; Nebraska&comma; around 500 miles from her home in Beaver Dam&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wisn&period;com&sol;article&sol;missing-beaver-dam-pregnant-teenager-found-safe-man-arrested&sol;64372190">according to WISN&period;<&sol;a><br>Day&comma; who is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;known to be the father” of Franklin’s unborn child&comma; according to a multi-state Amber Alert raised when she was reported missing&comma; was placed in custody after police located the pair following a tip on Thursday morning and the Amber Alert canceled&period;<br>Gary Day had been charged with two counts of child abduction and two counts of child enticement in February&period; <br>Franklin&comma; now five months pregnant&comma; was taken to a hospital&comma; where both she and her unborn baby were determined to be healthy&comma; officials said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;Gary-Day-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-477278" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Gary Day&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was arrested on Thursday morning in the company of the teen he got pregnant&period; He has been charged with two counts of abduction of a child and two counts of child enticement<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Early in their search for the missing teen&comma; authorities revealed she had secretly stayed with Day at his home in Cabot&comma; Arkansas&comma; for six months in 2024&comma; while her family thought she was staying with a friend close to home in Beaver Dam&comma; Wisconsin&period;<br>At the time Day was on probation for felony domestic battery&period; Officers located Franklin at Day’s home in December when they were conducting a probation check&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When they went to check on him&comma; somebody ran out the back door&comma; and that turned out to be a 16-year-old female from Wisconsin&comma;” Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley said&period;<br>Franklin was brought back to Beaver Dam&comma; only to go missing on February 3&comma; when a man believed to be Day was spotted on a doorbell camera near Franklin’s home early Monday&comma; officials said&period;<br>The case triggered an Amber Alert in Wisconsin&comma; Arkansas and Missouri&comma; according to the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;Gary-Days-car-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-477267" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Back in Dec&period; 2024&comma; cops located the runaway at Day’s home in while conducting a probation check on Day&period; He was on probation for felony domestic battery&period; Franklin then 16&comma; had spent six months in his home&period; In Feb&period; the pair went on the run in a black 2014 Buick LaCrosse<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Beaver Dam Police Department would like to thank the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office&comma; as well as the numerous other law enforcement agencies that put forth the time and effort to locate Sophia&comma;” Beaver Dam Chief John Kreuziger said in a statement&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We would also like to thank the community members in multiple states for their awareness and willingness to share leads to follow to help bring Sophia safely home&comma;” Kreuziger added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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