Seven-Year-Old Girl Escapes Kidnapper in Grand Terrace: (Eerie similarity to Van Dam Case)

abc7.com Los Angeles ^ | March 5, 2002 | abc7.com

[homeschool mama]

**I guess you're right, but, gee, right now it does seem like one kidnapping after another out there... **

I think it's all the publicity...

[cake_crumb]

"It doesn't say where the guy lived - just that they waited for him ouside his house. I wonder if he lives nearer Poway? I sure hope the cops are trying to rule in or out a connection between the two cases."

Not likely, unless they are forced to.

[Texas Mom]

Kids aren't even safe in their own home nowadays. What is this world coming to?

Dogs lead police to where girl was taken Thefacts.com

It is happening all over.

By Carlos Armintor

The Facts
Published March 05, 2002
FREEPORT — Tracking dogs on Monday led police to an abandoned home where officials believe an abductor sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl.

Police Chief Henrietta Gonzalez said the girl was released from Texas Children’s Hospital on Sunday. She was recovering with her parents Monday. Police still intend to interview the girl in hopes she may lead them to a suspect.

“She has not been in a state of mind to tell us anything,” Gonzalez said. “We are using other professionals who know how to talk to children to help us with a lead. That’s what we are counting on.”

On Monday, police used a dog from the Lake Jackson Police Department to track the path the girl and her abductor took after she was kidnapped.

Gonzalez said the girl’s father woke up about 1:25 a.m. and noticed his daughter was missing from their home in the 800 block of West Fifth Street. He called police, and a few minutes later they found the girl in an alley in the 600 block, between West Sixth and West Seventh streets.

Police were searching the streets of the neighborhood, calling out the girl’s name, when she emerged from the alley, Gonzalez said.

The door of the girl’s home was unlocked and someone entered it and took the girl. The abductor took her to an abandoned home in the 600 block of West Sixth Street where she was sexually assaulted, Gonzalez said.

The girl had bruises and was taken to Brazosport Memorial Hospital where tests revealed she had been sexually assaulted, Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez declined to comment further because the case still is under investigation.

[Texas Mom]

Little yappy dog backed up by a shotgun is a great idea! I speak as a mother of three. And my sons can shoot straight, and ask questions later!

It works for me.

[summer]

I agree.

[kassie]

#100...I like your idea.

[Publius6961]

She will be allowed out when she is 35!

We all get that inspiration at some time during parenthood!

[Squantos]

Great Puppies ! The USAF K-9 handlers were issued those after I had cross trained into Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Never heard a complaint and the genetic hip problems that german shepards are hampered with was moot also to best of my knowledge. Cheaper, and more reliable than ADT type alarms. As with any system the size of it determines the cost aka little doggies eat less versus my 4 Rotts who eat me out of house and home for the most part.

Stay Safe !!