On August 21, while acting on a tip from The Cumberland County Sheriff, Scott Daniels, Officers with the Columbia Police Department located a female juvenile previously reported missing from Colorado.
Upon further investigation the female, age 13, had been allegedly kidnapped in Colorado and was believed en route to Tennessee at the time she was located with two males.
Arrested on local charges was Zachariah Minix, 21, of Morristown, Tennessee who has been charged with custodial interference and rape 1st degree. Also charged was Ethen Harville, 21, of Morristown, Tennessee. Harville has been charged with unlawful imprisonment. Both men were lodged in the Adair Regional Jail after apprehension by CPD Officers Jamie Cole and Jordan Dean. They were assisted by Adair Deputy Joey Keith and Cumberland County Sheriff Scott Daniels.
The Bowling Green office of the FBI was contacted and is continuing the investigation with Colorado authorities with further charges pending.
