Oregon State Police troopers recovered a Utah teenager from a home in Huntington, Oregon, on Nov. 1, and Adam Hunter Harmel was taken into custody the same day. A federal criminal complaint filed the next day in the District of Utah accuses Harmel, 39, of transporting the teen for criminal sexual activity.
The recovery brought an end to a search that began in May 2025, when the girl was reported missing from Garden City at age 15. By the time authorities found her, she was 17. The complaint says Harmel met the teen online, drove to Utah to pick her up, and transported her to Oregon. He made his initial court appearance in Boise on Nov. 4, and his next federal court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 10.
For Eric Solari and Keriann Solari, the new case landed in a story they say started much earlier. They said they reported an alleged assault involving their 6-year-old daughter in Baker County in late October or early November 2024, after she disclosed it that evening and had a forensic interview the next day. Documents shared with KUTV show an Oregon sexual abuse protection order stamped March 14, 2025, and the family said the order came about two months before the Utah teen was reported missing.
Keriann Solari said their daughter was so frightened that she did not want to sleep in her own room because a window faced Harmel’s home. She said the child told them he would come and look in her window at night. Eric Solari said the family also sought help from the Oregon Housing Authority after Harmel later moved across from their daughter’s school. He said, “I’m glad to see that he’s off the street, not a menace to anybody anymore,” but added, “I’m sad for the family that has to deal with this like we had to deal with.”
The Baker County case remains active and ongoing, even though Harmel has not been charged there. The Baker County District Attorney confirmed the matter went to a grand jury in 2025, and the grand jury declined to indict and asked for further investigation. After the recent events in Huntington, the District Attorney's Office obtained a new search warrant, keeping the older case alive while federal prosecutors move ahead on the newest one.
That leaves the same name at the center of two separate tracks: one federal, one local, both tied to accusations involving children. Solari put the family’s aim more plainly: “If we can see this man off the streets and not able to hurt anybody else, that’s our end goal.”
