Missing Louisiana girl, 15, is found safe 1,000 miles away in Colorado – a week after she disappeared with a 47-year-old father she is ‘madly in love with’ and babysat for – as he is arrested

• Domeanna Spell, 15, who went missing on March 28 after getting off school bus in Port Barre, Louisiana has been found in Colorado, 1,165 miles from the school
• The teen was found with Cory ‘Shane’ Disotell, 47, who has been arrested
• Sister Jerrie Cradeur said she believed Spell left willingly with Disotell and that he may have ‘brainwashed her into thinking that she’s madly in love with him’
• Cradeur said Disotell was giving Spell money every weekend and that she believes they were in a secret relationship
• Disotell could face charges for contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile because the pair left without permission or consent from the teen’s parents 

The 15-year-old Louisiana girl who is believed to have run off willingly with a family friend who is more than 30 years her senior has been found and the man she was with has been arrested.

Authorities said Domeanna Spell was located with Cory ‘Shane’ Disotell, 47, on Friday in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, which is 1,165 miles from where she was last seen just over one week ago. 

Spell, who has been deemed safe, had been missing for just over one week, after being previously last seen getting off the school bus at Port Barre High School in Louisiana at around 7am on  March 28.

‘This was a joint effort with our agency, the FBI, US marshals, state police, St. Landry Parish sheriffs office and many other agencies and organizations, working tirelessly and fervently,’ Port Barre Police Chief Deon Bordeaux said. 

‘We are so thankful that the hard work paid off and the end result was this girl was found safe.’  

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Domeanna Spell, 15 (right), who is believed to have run off from Louisiana willingly with Cory ‘Shane’ Disotell, 47 (left), has been found in Colorado and Disotell has been arrested. Spell is said to be deemed safe

Spell’s sister, Jerrie Cradeur, said the believed the teen willingly walked across the street after getting off the school bus and got into a car with Disotell on March 28.

‘He probably has her believing that she’s safe with him and that she’s madly in love with him,’ Cradeur told KATC before Spell was found.

‘I do believe he did brainwash her. It was told to me that he is manipulative and he would have done it.’ 

Spell’s sister, Jerrie Cradeur, said the believed the teen willingly walked across the street after getting off the school bus and got into a car with Disotell on March 28 before leaving the area, t be found on Friday 1,165 miles away in Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Spell has been found safe and will be home in Louisiana soon, according to her family

Tiffany Lynn Gramm Cormier, the fiancee of Spell’s other sister, Keisha Cormier, confirmed Spell had been found in a video shared to Facebook on Friday. 

‘Domeanna has been found, she is safe, she was found in Colorado,’ she said, before thanking the people who shared information during the search for the teen.

‘We don’t know anything else besides that. He has been arrested,’ she added, referring to Disotell.

‘He probably has her believing that she’s safe with him and that she’s madly in love with him,’ Cradeur told KATC of Disotell (right) before Spell (left) was found. ‘I do believe he did brainwash her. It was told to me that he is manipulative and he would have done it’

Cradeur revealed that Disotell had become ‘really good friends’ with her and Domeanna’s parents. 

‘They even got a deer lease together because they were really close friends,’ she said. 

‘Domeanna started babysitting for his granddaughter, and come to find out there was no granddaughter there for her to be babysitting.’  

Disotell had been giving Spell money every weekend, leading her parents to believe that she was babysitting for him.   

Disotell had been giving Spell (pictured0 money every weekend, leading her parents to believe that she was babysitting for him. Cradeur believes they were secretly having a relationship

‘She probably left on her free will, and I don’t think he would harm her in any way,’ she said. ‘But he is said to be aggressive.’  

Cradeur said Spell’s family tried to keep Disotell away, however, once the family came to believe the two were carrying on a secret relationship, according to Heavy.com. 

She added Disotell even told Spell’s parents, Nicholas and Elizabeth Spell, that he was in love with the teen and wanted to marry her a few months.

At that point, Cradeur said Spell’s parents told him to stay away from their daughter and forbid her from seeing him, but the relationship is believed to have continued in secret.  

When neighbors saw a man sneak into Spell’s bedroom through the window, her parents called the police, Cradeur said, and that’s when an investigation into Disotell’s and Spell’s relationship first began.

That investigation was said to have been ongoing when Spell disappeared on March 28.  

Social media posts indicate Disotell is divorced with children (he is pictured with his ex-wife)

According to online records and social media posts, Disotell is divorced with children. 

Disotell and his former wife, Misti Hyatt, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2005. 

Court documents showed the pair owed sums ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 to at least 20 creditors, with assets valued at less than $100,000.

Creditors listed on the petition included Chase Bankcard Services, Discover Card, the IRS, the La Capitol Federal Credit Union, the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Taxation, the Office of Employment Security, Sallie Mae, Teche Federal Savings and Wells Fargo Financial. 

At the time of the bankruptcy filing, the couple was listed as living in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, which is located about 25 miles east of Port Barre. 

Disotell’s LinkedIn profile shows he has operated a side business called SD’s Tree Service since March of 2003. Online records show he filed to create an LLC in 2013, but the license was revoked in August of 2016.

It is state policy to revoke an LLC license if the proper annual renewal forms aren’t filed after three years of the initial filing, Public Information Director Brandee Patrick said.  

Social media postings appear to show that Disotell and his former wife Hyatt have not been together since at least 2018.

Hyatt shared an article about Spell’s disappearance on social media on March 31, but refrained from commenting publicly on the post. 

Disotell could face charges for contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile because he and Spell are believed to have left Louisiana without permission or consent from the teen’s parents.

Disotell does not appear to have a prior criminal record. 

Disotell (pictured) could face charges for contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile because the pair left without permission or consent from the teen’s parents

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