Police: Vallejo Girl May Have Been Kidnapped

www.nbc11.com ^ | 5:15 PM PST November 5, 2003

[WSGilcrest]

Police: Vallejo Girl May Have Been Kidnapped

POSTED: 5:15 PM PST November 5, 2003

Vallejo police say they are looking for a 13 or 14-year-old girl who may have been kidnapped around 1:35 p.m. Wednesday.

Police say the girl was walking along the 300 block of McGrue Avenue when a late-model black pickup with a covered bed and tinted windows pulled up alongside her. The driver was wearing a ski mask, police say, and the girl was forced into the truck as it drove away.

The girl is described as white, wearing a light blue shirt and black pants with dark blue shoes, and carrying a red backpack.

[WSGilcrest]

Boy Makes-Up Vallejo Kidnapping Story

It's Not Known What Motivated Boy To Lie

POSTED: 4:00 PM PST November 6, 2003

UPDATED: 4:15 PM PST November 6, 2003

VALLEJO, Calif. -- The Vallejo Police Department reported they have information that the alleged kidnapping at Borges and Christopher is "unfounded and did not occur."

Detectives say the 12-year-old boy who told police that he witnessed the abduction fabricated the story. During a follow-up interview by police, he admitted to not telling the truth and not seeing a girl dragged into a truck.

There are no indications as to what motivated the boy to make-up the story of seeing a teenage girl being abducted by a man in a black pickup truck.

The case has been referred to the Vallejo Police Probation Team. No immediate arrests have been made.

Previous Stories:

• November 6, 2003: AMBER Alert Issued For Possible Abduction Victim
• November 5, 2003: Police: Vallejo Girl May Have Been Kidnapped

[.38sw]

I kinda wondered about this when I heard it reported on local news (I live southeast of Vallejo, about 20 miles). All they had was a 12-year-old boy saying he'd seen the girl abducted, but there was no report by parent or guardian of a missing girl. I'm glad that no young girl was abducted.

[Arkinsaw]

Prayer answered.

[demnomo]

Dear Lord, save us from boys who cry wolf.

This kid needs help. How awful. How foolish and selfish and weird.