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Man arrested in connection to disappearance of missing Ashtabula girl

Posted at 8:46 AM, May 12, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-13 09:35:02-04

Police have arrested a man they say is connected to the disappearance of a teenage girl from Ashtabula County.

This all began when the family of the 13-year-old told police she did not return from an outing on Tuesday afternoon. 

WATCH: Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell in the video player above

Ashtabula police put out a bulletin for John Bove, 46, the man Kara Zdanczewski was last seen with. Thursday night investigators tracked him down in Sharon, Penn. 

Officers pulled Bove over, but he jumped out of his car and ran from police. He was later caught in the woods nearby.

According to Pennsylvania court records, a witness told police that Bove told her he was out with the 13-year-old girl when "things went south" and he shot and killed her. The witness also said he showed her the gun he used. 

At this point, Bove, who is a registered sex offender in Ohio, is in police custody in Pennsylvania for eluding police. 

Police found a body hours later in a field in Saybrook Township, Ashtabula County. Authorities have not confirmed the body is that of the missing girl. 

Bove's car was seen stuck in the mud near the field where the body was found.