Concerns Arise as Missing Teen Found in Kentucky Man's Home Reveals Disturbing Circumstances

Greetings, Visual News audience. I'm Maya Thompson, here with a troubling report from Stanford, Kentucky, where a missing 16-year-old girl from North Carolina was discovered in the home of a 34-year-old man. The incident unfolded after a domestic dispute call led deputies to find the girl hidden beneath a trap door.
On Christmas Day, responding to the call initiated by the man's mother, deputies from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the residence. Although Zachary Jones claimed the girl had left, his mother disagreed, prompting a search that unveiled a concealed compartment in a bedroom.
Subsequent investigations revealed that the girl had been reported missing from Fayetteville, North Carolina, on December 6. She shared distressing details with deputies, including Jones' misleading age claims, threats, coerced age falsification, the presence of a firearm, drug use, and instances of assault and choking.