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{p}KCSO said Nevaeh Martinez was last seen at around 7:30 a.m. on November 1, 2025. PHOTO: KCSO{\/p}<\/p>\n
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 14-year-old girl remains missing, while her 17-year-old sister was found after they were allegedly taken by two men from Oakland to do sex work in Bakersfield. Two people, 34-year-old Donald Edward and 20-year-old Myles Wilkerson, were arrested.<\/p>\n
The Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office said on November 1, 2025, at around 7:24 a.m., deputies were called to the 900 block of Sanford Drive regarding a report of a found child.<\/p>\n
When deputies arrived, they talked to a 17-year-old girl who said that she and her 14-year-old sister had been abducted from an unknown location in Oakland, California, by two men.<\/p>\n
The juvenile victim reported that after being taken, both she and her sister were taken to the Bakersfield area, where they were forced into prostitution by the suspects.<\/p>\n
KCSO said the victims were allegedly monitored using tracking devices while being coerced to engage in sexual acts for money with multiple unknown individuals. The suspects reportedly operated in the area of Olive Drive and Knudsen Drive, according to KCSO.<\/p>\n
Detectives from the Special Victims Unit and the Sheriff\u2019s V.E.C.T.O.R. Unit (Violence and Exploitation Counter Trafficking Operations and Response) responded and assumed control of the investigation.<\/p>\n
Through the course of the investigation, detectives identified the suspects as:<\/p>\n
34-year-old Donald Edward20-year-old Myles Wilkerson<\/p>\n
Both suspects are accused of kidnapping, human trafficking, and sexually exploiting minors.<\/p>\n
KCSO said search warrants were served at the Vagabond Inn on Knudsen Drive, where investigators found evidence consistent with illegal prostitution, human trafficking, and the molestation of a minor.<\/p>\n
Both Edward and Wilkerson were taken into custody and booked into the Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Jail on multiple felony charges.<\/p>\n
The 14-year-old juvenile was not located and is currently listed as a critical missing juvenile. KCSO said she was identified as Nevaeh Martinez.<\/a><\/p>\n {p}KCSO said Nevaeh Martinez was last seen at around 7:30 a.m. on November 1, 2025. PHOTO: KCSO{\/p}<\/p>\n<\/p>\n