Posted on 02/16/2006 6:42:08 PM PST by FairOpinion
German police said Thursday they rescued a 13-year-old girl and arrested an ex-convict accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing her after they followed up on a note the child managed to drop begging for help.
The girl's handwritten note was found by a man near trash containers in the neighborhood where she was held for five weeks only about a half-mile from her home. In it, the girl begged the finder to alert police and included the address where she was being held and the name of her kidnapper.
Christian Avenarius, a spokesman for city prosecutors, said the note read "this is no joke" and "it's a matter of life and death."
The girl vanished Jan. 11 on her way to school in Dresden in eastern Germany, and despite widespread searches, police said they had no concrete clues until a man came to them Wednesday with a white scrap of paper with "HELP, HELP" scrawled on it in bright red letters.
The 35-year-old suspect was a previous offender who had served more than three years in prison for abusing a minor in 1999.
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The piece of paper with a handwritten note and a call for "Help" by a 13-year-old kidnapping victim is presented to the media during a press conference in Dresden, eastern Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006. The note helped to find the 13-year-old pupil who vanished on Jan. 11th. The girl was freed from captivity on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, after being kidnapped by a 35 year old previously convicted sexual offender. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel)
Good for her, I'm sorry that happened to her.
I hope they confiscate all the personal wealth of the criminal and put it in trust for the girl.
So, now what will he get? Three and a half years?
The 35-year-old suspect was a previous offender who had served more than three years in prison for abusing a minor in 1999.
So, now what will he get? Three and a half years?""
This is why 3 strikes laws have been passed in so many states.
They need to put him under but the lame brains will likely allow him out there again. God, judge them.
Handcuff the perp to the window bars of Jacksie Annie Oakley in St Louis...then yell "burglar!" and duck.
ROFL! Now that's a plan!
;Handcuff the perp to the window bars of ..........
Then tie his pecker to a bumper and drive away.............
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