In a disturbing case of online exploitation, a Pennsylvania man allegedly lured a 13-year-old girl from Louisiana to his home, promising her a new life with a “trusted adult” for adoption, according to law enforcement. The girl was reportedly held captive in his basement where he subjected her to repeated sexual assaults over several days, authorities revealed.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill expressed outrage over the incident, stating, “She was groomed, exploited, and then sexually abused by strangers who found her online.” Her comments were part of a statement shared on her Facebook page regarding the case involving Ki-Shawn Crumity.

Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, faces multiple charges, including trafficking individuals, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, and providing alcohol to a minor, as per police records. He is one of three individuals allegedly involved in orchestrating the girl’s trafficking.

Officials report that the young victim’s journey began in Louisiana, took her through Georgia and Washington, D.C., before she arrived in Pittsburgh accompanied by an adult woman, according to a report by New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL.

Details emerged on October 30, 2025, when the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Special Victims Unit received a tip-off from the United States Marshals. They were informed about the presence of a missing juvenile from Louisiana at a residence located in the 1200 block of Davis Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood, as outlined in a press release issued by local authorities.

The FBI obtained a federal search warrant for the residence, which was executed by Pittsburgh Bureau of Police SWAT, and authorities allegedly found the victim in the basement inside a box covered with a sheet.

The girl, who was reported missing last week, told investigators that Crumity gave her alcohol and marijuana edibles while sexually assaulting her multiple times a day until she was discovered, police say.

Authorities believe a man to whom Crumity introduced her first drove her to Georgia. The girl allegedly took a Greyhound bus from there to Washington.

“This is just one example of the dangers of social media and of human trafficking,” Murrill said on Facebook.

Neighbors told WWL that they saw SWAT, FBI and U.S. Marshals entering Crumity’s home and rescuing the victim. Investigators reportedly tracked her through her online activity, which showed her in Pennsylvania.

“I saw a girl — looked like a girl, very small — being pulled out,” one neighbor said.

“It’s scary,” another resident told WWL.

“Crazy, unnerving,” they added. “I’m glad they got the guy.”

Authorities were holding Crumity over the weekend in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County after he was denied bail. At least one of the other suspects, Ronald Smith, 62, of New Orleans, was arrested in Georgia and charged with simple kidnapping and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.