KATC reports deputies found the girl, initially reported as a runaway, in a room with 24-year-old Mariah Miller of Iowa. The victim would go on to tell deputies she had been beaten and forced to have sex with numerous men.

The investigation revealed that Miller and two others, identified as 21-year-old Kaleb Citizen and 28-year-old Darius Landry, were responsible for trafficking the girl. Reports say Citizen was an acquaintance of the victim and Landry was her legal guardian and family member.

A fourth man, 25-year-old Antonio Tompkins, was accused of forcing the girl into having sex.

The suspects' charges and bonds are as follows.

Miller - human trafficking with a bond of $250,000.

Citizen- human trafficking, first-degree rape and felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile with a bond of $2 million.

Tompkins - felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile with a bond of $250,000.

Landry - trafficking of juveniles for sexual purposes with a bond of $250,000.

The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are likely. 

Around 1:30 a.m. on May 21, deputies with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office were called to an apartment complex on Coursey Boulevard in reference to a shooting. At the scene, authorities found a man inside a unit suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Before being taken to the hospital, the 41-year-old victim said he had been shot during an armed robbery that happened in the parking lot.

Through the investigation, authorities identified Darius Brooks as a suspect. After finding him, Brooks said he and another person met the victim for a drug transaction. 

During the deal, the victim and the unidentified suspect got into an argument. Brooks held the victim down while the other suspect took his phone and wallet. Following the robbery, the second suspect allegedly shot the victim. 

Brooks was arrested on June 17 and charged with attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, and illegal use of a weapon.