RUSK COUNTY, Texas — A San Antonio man is facing multiple charges, including kidnapping and child abuse, after allegedly taking an East Texas child against at her will across the state and into New Mexico.

Kyle Steven Eckmann, 20, was booked into the Luna Detention Center in New Mexico in connection with accusations of taking a 15-year-old girl he met on social media from Rusk County all the way to New Mexico, according to the Rusk County Sheriff's Office.

According to the New Mexico State Police, he has been charged with:

Kidnapping (first degree)

Aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon

Aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer

Child abuse

Intimidation of a witness

Credit: New Mexico State Police

After responding to a missing child report on Aug. 20, an

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