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Suspect in Ogden AMBER Alert faces new sexual abuse charges

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OGDEN, Utah — A man arrested in connection with an alleged kidnapping of a 13-year-old Ogden girl is facing new charges of object rape and forcible sexual abuse, with investigators adding that the new charges stem from interviews conducted in the kidnapping case.

In November, the mother of a 13-year-old girl reported to Ogden City police that their daughter was missing after they had let a family friend, Christopher Wiggins, stay with them.

In the days leading up to the alleged kidnapping, the family told police that they had discovered an image of Wiggins' genitals on the victim's phone and had confronted him about it.

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The day before the disappearance, the victim reportedly confided to her parents that she had been sexually intimate with Wiggins, at which point they warned Wiggins not to go near the victim.

Wiggins and the victim were found in Fort Collins, Colorado, hours after an AMBER alert was issued.

According to new court documents filed Monday, while investigating the kidnapping, detectives interviewed two women, an adult and a minor. The minor told detectives that when she was 14 or 15 years old, and the other victim was 16 years old, they were lying in bed with Wiggins when he put his hands down their pants and assaulted them.

Both victims stated the incidents happened inside a North Ogden home, where Wiggins was living at the time.