JARED Leisek, founder of Adventures With Purpose, recently made headlines for all the right reasons when his group helped solve a nationwide missing person case.
After his scuba driving team was responsible for finding the body of missing teen Kiely Rodni in September, Leisek was accused of his own crimes.
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Who is Jared Leisek's wife, Kristin?
Jared's wife, Kristin, was his high school sweetheart.
According to Jared Leisek's website, he put together an application to date him, which he printed out and handed out to about 20 girls.
One girl, Kristin, filled it out "With near perfect answers along with the lipstick lip print she left and the perfume scent she sprayed on the application," the site reads.
It still took Jared three months to convince her to go on their first date after realizing she'd filled out the application as a joke.
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The two graduated from high school together in 1995, and they got married the same year.
They've been together ever since.
What crimes is Jared Leisek being charged with?
According to the criminal complaint obtained by the U.S. Sun, Leisek allegedly raped a relative twice in 1992 when the victim, who is seven years younger, was between nine and ten years old.
The events allegedly happened in the victim's bedroom and in a family member's home in Utah, according to court documents, which contain explicit details.
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The State of Utah filed criminal charges against the now 47-year-old on Wednesday, November 3, 2022, in Sanpete County, Utah, where the crimes allegedly took place in 1992
According to the court documents, Leisek forced himself onto the victim on two separate occasions.
Unlike many states, Utah does not have a statute of limitations for sex crimes, including rape.
What is Adventures With Purpose?
Adventures With Purpose is a volunteer dive team.
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Based out of Oregon, the group began as an environmentalist group that's sole mission was to clean up the waterways.
Then, Leisek found the first set of human remains.
After that, people related to missing persons and cold cases began calling the group, hoping to get answers.
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Since the group began in 2019, Adventures With Purpose has helped solve at least 23 missing person cases.
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They documented many of these on their successful YouTube channel, which is their main source of funding for travel and diving expenses.
