Police say the missing 14-year-old was found under clothing inside a bedroom after a late-night call from a neighbor.
OAKDALE, MN — An Oakdale couple has been charged after police searching for a missing 14-year-old girl found her hidden in a cardboard box under clothing inside the couple’s bedroom, according to a criminal complaint filed in Washington County.
The charges filed May 29 against Angeline Marie Olson, 46, and Andrew Donald Olson, 48, opened a felony case that began with a school report and ended with police detaining both adults during a search of their home. Prosecutors allege the girl was sexually exploited while she was missing. The case remains in its early court stages, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The investigation began May 26, when an assistant principal at John Glenn Middle School contacted Maplewood police after the student left school without permission at about 8:30 a.m., the complaint says. Police spoke with the girl’s parents and listed her as missing or a runaway. Her father told officers she might have gone to the home of a friend’s parents on the 6000 block of 52nd Street North in Oakdale, where she had been before. Officers went to the address at about 10:05 a.m. and spoke with Angeline Olson. She told them she had not seen the girl since the day before, according to the complaint. Police asked her to call if the girl appeared. She said she would drive the girl home if she showed up.
Oakdale police returned to the home early May 27 after a neighbor reported seeing a young girl outside with a man and a woman at about 1:45 a.m. The complaint says the girl appeared to be wearing a black swimsuit top and cooking something outside with the adults. When officers arrived, they contacted Angeline Olson and Andrew Olson. Both told police the girl was not there, according to the complaint. Officers asked for permission to search the home and asked the couple to leave while the search took place. Andrew Olson allowed officers inside, but police said both adults refused to leave and became argumentative. Officers detained them before continuing the search. Police later found the girl in a cardboard box in the Olsons’ bedroom, under a pile of clothing.
Court records say officers sought search warrants for the home and for electronic devices found there after the girl was located. Investigators had learned the girl’s parents previously found a Snapchat conversation between the girl and Andrew Olson that raised concerns about possible exploitation, the complaint says. Police also noted concerns that the girl may have been using narcotics. A later search of a phone believed to belong to Andrew Olson found images and video that investigators described as child sexual abuse material involving the girl and the adults, according to the complaint. Metadata on some files showed they were created at the Oakdale home on the afternoon of May 26, the same day the girl was reported missing.
Angeline Olson is charged with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct. Andrew Olson is charged with three counts of possession of child sexual abuse material and one count of soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct. The filings identify the girl only by initials because she is a minor. The complaint does not say how long she was inside the box before police found her. It also does not state whether she was physically injured when officers located her. Those details were not publicly clear as of Thursday.
The case brought together officers from Maplewood and Oakdale because the first report came from the girl’s school in Maplewood and the search led police to a home in Oakdale. The complaint places the main police response at 6070 52nd St. N., Unit 2, where officers first checked on the missing report during the day and later returned after the neighbor’s overnight call. The second call changed the case from a missing juvenile investigation to a search of a specific home. Police said the couple denied the girl was inside before officers found her in the bedroom. Investigators later used that discovery, the parents’ concerns and the contents of electronic devices to support the charges.
Angeline Olson appeared in court Wednesday, and a judge set her next court date for July 7. Andrew Olson was due in court Thursday. Prosecutors will next have to move the cases through the standard early hearings, where bail conditions, scheduling and any challenges to the complaint or evidence may be addressed. No trial date was listed in the available reports. The court record says the complaint was filed in Washington County on May 29 and updated June 3. The criminal complaint is an allegation, not a conviction, and the state must prove the charges in court.
The girl’s discovery came after a neighbor noticed something outside the home and contacted authorities, according to the complaint. That call sent officers back to the same address they had checked more than 15 hours earlier. The complaint says the neighbor saw a juvenile female outside with a male and female and thought the situation was unusual enough to report. Police have not publicly identified the neighbor. Officials also have not released a public statement naming the girl or describing where she was taken after officers found her. Because she is 14, her identity is protected in court filings and news reports.
The case stood Thursday with both adults charged and the girl no longer listed as missing. Angeline Olson’s next known court date is July 7, while Andrew Olson’s first scheduled appearance was expected Thursday in Washington County.
Author note: Last updated June 4, 2026.