Missing US teen Amy Yu and 45-year-old secret boyfriend found
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Nearly two weeks after a 16-year-old Pennsylvania girl vanished with a 45-year-old man, the pair was found Saturday in Mexico and the man was arrested, authorities say.
Amy Yu was "unharmed and in good health," Allentown police said in a statement.
She and Kevin Esterly, the man police say she willingly ran away with, were escorted to Miami by US Homeland Security Investigations agents and the US Marshals Service.
Amy has been safely returned to her family in Pennsylvania, according to a statement from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security investigators.
Esterly's arrest comes two days after Mexico's Attorney General issued an Amber Alert for Amy. The alert said Esterly was the suspect in her disappearance and that an investigation showed she was in Mexico with Esterly. Her well-being, the alert said, was at risk.
Mui Luu, Amy's mother said that Esterly knew the family from church, and that she's known Esterly since her daughter was 11. Esterly himself, she said, has four daughters and a wife.
Amy was a student at Lehigh Valley Academy Charter School, which confirmed that Esterly was last present at the school February 9. At some point after that, school CEO Susan Mauser said, the school prohibited him from school grounds. But Mauser said she couldn't elaborate, citing privacy concerns.
The police were to be notified if Esterly returned to the school, Mauser said.
Police said Esterly and Amy exchanged hundreds of text messages, WFMZ reported. Amy's mother said the texts read as though Amy was texting her boyfriend.
Mauser said the school is working closely with both Allentown police and the Colonial Regional Police Department, which has jurisdiction of the area where the school is located.
The school is "providing whatever information and assistance we can to assist them and Amy's family during this difficult time," Mauser said.
It was also around early February that Esterly and his wife, Stacy, went to Amy's house. During the interaction, Amy's mother called police, who warned the Esterlys to stay away from their home.
"It was a meeting that time," John Yu, Amy's brother said. "My neighbors were there and my friends were there. My mom's friend was there. They were yelling about they think that Amy and Kevin are sleeping together and doing stupid stuff."
On March 5, Amy's mother reported her as a runaway after she failed to return from school that day, Allentown police said. It was believed Amy boarded her school bus that morning, but police said they later found out she never got on her bus.
Two days later, Esterly was reported missing by a family member, police said.
Amy's mother said money, jewelry and her daughter's personal documents were missing, according to court documents, and Esterly's wife said $4,000 along with his personal documents were missing.
"They know or planned to do this," John Yu said. "I think it was both of their ideas because Amy is not that stupid."
The age of consent in Pennsylvania is 16, according to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. Those who are at least 16 can legally consent to sexual activity, the group said, as long as the other person doesn't have authority over them.
Source: CNN
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