UPDATE: Online court documents show Gibson pleaded guilty to second degree statutory rape. A judge sentenced him to serve five years of probation. If he violates the terms of his probation he will be ordered to serve seven years in prison.

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OAK GROVE, Mo. (KCTV) - An Oak Grove man is now in custody after police say they found a missing girl at his home.

According to court documents filed by the Oak Grove Police Department, Elijah Gibson, 24, was arrested on July 12, 2025.

Earlier that day, a young girl’s mother called Independence police to report her daughter missing. She was able to track the girl’s phone to a home in Oak Grove.

OGPD responded to the home and said they found the girl and Gibson together. They questioned the girl with her mother prese

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