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Missing Jersey City Girl Found in Brooklyn
New York Times ^ | March 9, 2006 | John Holl

Posted on 03/09/2006 11:57:32 AM PST by Quilla

A 13-year-old girl who had been missing from Jersey City since Monday was found early this morning in Brooklyn after she called her mother from a payphone, the authorities here said.

The teenager left her house on Monday morning to walk to school but never arrived. Several hours later she began sending her mother text messages from her cell phone, claiming she had been adducted and was in danger.

The Jersey City Police Department, along with the New Jersey State Police and Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, had been conducting an around-the-clock search for the girl, relying on information relayed from cellular phone towers and three men with whom the police said she had a relationship.

At 1 a.m. Natasha called her mother from a payphone in Brooklyn saying she was safe but that two men had raped her, Chief Robert Troy of the Jersey City Police Department said.

She was taken to Bellevue Hospital for tests and her condition was not immediately available. Chief Troy said investigators were still trying to determine where Natasha had been since Monday and how she had got to Brooklyn.

The case had perplexed officials because in addition to the frightening messages sent to her mother, the girl was also sending more innocuous and friendly messages to friends.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: missinggirl; newjersey; textmessage
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Thank goodness she's been found, but it appears she's been through an ordeal.
1 posted on 03/09/2006 11:57:35 AM PST by Quilla
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Why was she sending "friendly" messages to her friends, at the same time?


2 posted on 03/09/2006 11:59:40 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife ("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
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To: Quilla

I call BS on this story.I have a felling the girl is covering up something else entirely.


3 posted on 03/09/2006 12:00:18 PM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: Quilla

You don't think she went willingly?


4 posted on 03/09/2006 12:00:48 PM PST by mlc9852
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Real story: girl played hooky...got in over her head...now tired of it...

Just my guess. This doesn't add up.


5 posted on 03/09/2006 12:01:46 PM PST by Hoodlum91 (pcottraux says I'm special!)
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To: builder

Most Freepers seem to think this was a hoax of some sort. I felt the same way from the beginning. Glad she's okay, though.


6 posted on 03/09/2006 12:02:01 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

As this was developing, I was thinking her abducter was sending the text messages.


7 posted on 03/09/2006 12:02:18 PM PST by Quilla
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Yes, I'm glad to hear this. But something just doesn't sound right in this story. She gets abducted and is in a basement somewhere. She manages to keep her cell phone and is able to text message her parents. Just sounds like there is more to this story.


8 posted on 03/09/2006 12:02:22 PM PST by fourmation599
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Bet cha 2 bucks it will eventually turn out that she ran off with a couple of guy to NY...the text messages and the rape charge will prove to be just covers for her litte escapade..
Bet cha 2 bucks


9 posted on 03/09/2006 12:02:37 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: builder

Yup...I'm thinking she went along for a ride....so to speak...on her own free will.


10 posted on 03/09/2006 12:02:49 PM PST by MadeInAmerica ( - Tested in the Middle East)
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To: builder

Yeah My BS METER pegged out too!


11 posted on 03/09/2006 12:03:01 PM PST by Mikey_1962 (I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
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girl decided to run away from home and frolic with the boys..to cover it up she concocted this story of being raped to cover her no longer being a virgin (if she wasn't in the first place)..decided playtime was over..and thinks she'll be able to make the story stick under questioning..methinks she's gonna be in BIG trouble..


12 posted on 03/09/2006 12:04:38 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
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Did they write racial comments on her with fecal mater. Oh, sorry that was Sharpton's gig.... Been 'not' done before
13 posted on 03/09/2006 12:04:44 PM PST by Quick Shot
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...and three men with whom the police said she had a relationship.

This is bizarre. Presuming that they were adults, what in the world is a 13-year-old doing in any sort of 'relationship' with three men??

14 posted on 03/09/2006 12:04:59 PM PST by Bob
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I didn't think she went willingly. I guess my perception of a 13 year old girl is somewhat removed from reality.


15 posted on 03/09/2006 12:05:02 PM PST by Quilla
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I'm glad she's OK but I'm not sure I buy her story.


16 posted on 03/09/2006 12:05:28 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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If this was a prank she needs to do at least 500 hours of community service..But the whole story seems strange.


17 posted on 03/09/2006 12:05:46 PM PST by Independentamerican2
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girl decided to run away from home and frolic with the boys..to cover it up she concocted this story of being raped to cover her no longer being a virgin (if she wasn't in the first place)..decided playtime was over..and thinks she'll be able to make the story stick under questioning..methinks she's gonna be in BIG trouble..


18 posted on 03/09/2006 12:06:05 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
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I've raised a bunch of kids...I would rather raise twenty boys than one girl. Even the goods ones make you old.


19 posted on 03/09/2006 12:06:42 PM PST by wtc911 (You can't get there from here)
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To: Quilla

Something just doesn't sound right with this story for sure.


20 posted on 03/09/2006 12:07:14 PM PST by pandoraou812 (dilligaf)
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