Men arrested in connection to missing Utah teen
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Alisa Petrov seen in images released by police (South Jordan Police Department).

Police in South Jordan, Utah, have announced that two men who allegedly communicated with a missing 15-year-old girl have been arrested.

Alisa Petrov was last reportedly seen on April 21 after being dropped off at school in American Fork, Utah. Instead of attending class, surveillance footage revealed that she boarded a train to Provo, approximately 15 miles away, as reported by East Idaho News. Authorities state that three men had communicated with her before she vanished — and now all face charges.

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Matthew Nicholas Menard, a 35-year-old resident of Miami, Florida, has been charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, enticing a minor, and criminal solicitation. He turned himself in on Wednesday, according to officials. Another individual, Samuel Mitchell, 41, from Herriman, Utah, is also in custody, facing charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and enticing a minor.

The third man, William Taylor Glines, 37, from Texas City, Texas, is charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, attempted aggravated exploitation, sexual exploitation of a minor, enticing a minor, and criminal solicitation, according to South Jordan police. Currently held in Galveston County, Texas, jail, Glines was arrested on May 8 and is being held on charges of online solicitation of a minor, possession of child pornography, and two municipal holds, as indicated by online jail records.

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