Missing youths found in Leduc, man charged with sexual assault and child luring

The RCMP logo is seen at a news conference in St. John’s, June 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

A Two Hills man is facing 11 charges after he was found with two youths that had disappeared from Two Hills.

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RCMP said the two youths were reported missing on Tuesday and were found on Thursday in Leduc in the company of 40-year-old Mark Sayler.

Sayler was arrested and charged with:

• two counts of sexual interference;
• two counts of sexual assault;
• two counts of possession of child pornography;
• three counts of luring a child; and
• one count each of transporting liquor in an open container and unlawfully giving liquor to a minor.

Sayler was released from custody and is scheduled to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in St. Paul on June 12.

RCMP are not releasing any details about the case in order to protect the identity of the two youths involved.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Two Hills RCMP at 780-657-2820.