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Second man charged with rape of 13-year-old, charge of human trafficking added

<p>Police tape on North Gay Street in Auburn, Ala., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.&nbsp;</p>

Police tape on North Gay Street in Auburn, Ala., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. 

Over the weekend, the Auburn Police Division arrested Corey B. Heard, 36, in connection to the rape and kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl in October and charged Brian D. Askew, 37, with first-degree human trafficking.

Heard was charged with first-degree rape after being arrested on an unrelated charge of breaking and entering into a car on Sunday.

APD said Heard was developed as a suspect during the course of its investigation and was allegedly involved in the sexual assault of the victim with Askew. 

He is being held at the Lee County Detention Center on a $100,000 bond. 

The arrest warrant on Askew for human trafficking was executed on Friday while he was in custody in the Lee County jail. He remains there with an additional $100,000 bond.

Askew was arrested and charged on Jan. 5 with the kidnapping and rape of a young girl who ran away from the Lee County Youth Development Center in October.

The 13-year-old girl left the facility and was picked up by "several unknown males" in a vehicle, police said. They allegedly took her to a residence in Auburn, held her against her will and sexually assaulted her. 

Police said on Monday that they anticipate additional arrests.



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