Missing Teen Found In Gwinnett Was Starved, Imprisoned: Police

DULUTH, GA — Hailey Burns, a Charlotte teenager who was rescued earlier this week in Gwinnett County after being held captive for more than a year, was locked in an upstairs bedroom and malnourished when federal law enforcement officers found her, according to reports.

Burns’ alleged captor, Michael Ren Wysoloski, 31, has been arrested and charged with false imprisonment, sodomy, aggravated sodomy, interference with custody and cruelty to children involving first-degree deprivation.

Wysoloski forced Burns to keep a food journal and would prevent her from eating meals if she ate more calories than he wanted, The Charlotte Observer reported. He would also coerce her to perform sex acts by withholding food, the newspaper said.

Burns, now 17, was rescued by FBI agents Saturday night. She was found at a home in Duluth after an FBI agent in Charlotte received information that she was at the home, on Seneca Trail.

She had not been seen by her family in more than a year after she left her home in Charlotte in the early morning hours of May 23, 2016.

She took few belongings with her and did not take any of the medication she needed for several medical conditions, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in May when it offered a $15,000 reward for leads.

Patch's Kimberly Johnson in North Carolina contributed to this report.

Photos courtesy Federal Bureau of Investigation