AMBER Alert charges now await a jury decision

The fate of a man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old from Waterloo and taking her across state lines is now in the hands of a jury. During the trial testimony, jurors saw snapchat conversations between the girl, identified in court as "DC," and Daniyal Khan over the weeks before police issued an AMBER alert for her safe return. In closing arguments Friday, the attorneys laid out the final details of their arguments and asked the jury to use the testimony to support their case. "What we're talking about is a conversation between a 23-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl, a sixth grader," prosecutor Heather Jackson said. "She went looking for the attention and he gave it to her. ‘I love you.’ And very quickly into that conversation, the content of those messages is kids sexual.” “If you're sitting in the front passenger seat, they make stops at public places," defense attorney Mathew Hoffey said. "If you go in to by yourself in a public place, there's a police officer right there.

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