Oregon Man Indicted Over Teen’s Yearlong Captivity

A 17-year-old Utah girl who disappeared from Garden City in May 2025 was found at an Oregon home on Nov. 1, 2026, after a tip from the parent of someone she met while playing Among Us. Federal authorities allege that 39-year-old Adam Hunter Harmel met her online, drove to Utah to pick her up, threw her phone into a river and kept her in his basement for more than a year. Court documents allege he repeatedly sexually assaulted and hit her, restricted her ability to escape, and forced her to remove her braces with pliers to make her harder to identify. Harmel has been federally charged with transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity; the allegations have not been proven in court.